Scout X-2 | SOLRAD 4B
SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 4B was a solar X-ray, ultraviolet, and electronic surveillance satellite. Developed by the United States Navy’s United States Naval Research Laboratory, it was the fifth in both the SOLRAD and the GRAB (Galactic Radiation And Background) programs.
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
SOLRAD 4B was a Scout X-2 mission operated by US Navy that lifted off from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on April 26, 1962. The flight carried its payload on a astrophysics mission to Low Earth Orbit. The launch ended in failure.