Scout B | San Marco 2
San Marco 2 was a 66-cm-diameter spherical satellite with two experiments, one designed to make direct measurements of air density below 350 km, and the other an ionospheric beacon experiment developed to observe electron content between the earth and the satellite.
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.
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Mission Profile
San Marco 2 was a Scout B mission operated by National Research Council that lifted off from San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya on April 26, 1967. The flight carried its payload on a earth science mission to Low Earth Orbit. The launch was a success.