Scout X-4 | FR-1
The FR 1 (France 1) spacecraft was a small spacecraft carrying two experiments. One was designed to observe VLF signals from earth-based transmitters, and the other was an electron density probe measuring electron concentration at 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
FR-1 was a Scout X-4 mission operated by National Center of Space Research that lifted off from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 6, 1965. The flight carried its payload on a earth science mission to Low Earth Orbit. The launch was a success.