Scout X-4 | Explorer 24 & 25
Explorer 24 was placed in orbit together with Explorer 25 from a single launch vehicle. Explorer 24 was identical in configuration to the previously launched balloon satellites Explorer 9 and 19. The spacecraft was 3.6 m in diameter, was built of alternating layers of aluminum foil and plastic film, and was covered uniformly with 5.1-cm white dots for thermal control. It was designed to yield atmospheric density near perigee as a function of space and time from sequential observations of the sphere’s position in orbit.
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
Explorer 24 & 25 was a Scout X-4 mission operated by National Aeronautics and Space Administration that lifted off from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on November 21, 1964. The flight carried its payload on a earth science mission to Elliptical Orbit. The launch was a success.