Status
Success
San Marco 4
Launch Time
Mon Feb 18, 1974 10:05 UTC
Mon Feb 18, 1974 10:05 UTC
Last flight of Scout D1 from San Marco.
Rocket
Mission Details
San Marco 4
The Italian-built San Marco 4 spacecraft was part of a cooperative space effort between the Italian Space Commission (CRS) and NASA. The scientific objective of this flight was to measure the diurnal variations of the equatorial neutral thermosphere density, composition, and temperature for correlation with simultaneous Atmospheric Explorer C data. Studies of the physics and dynamics of the lower thermosphere were included.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 164.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SM Launch Tab, San Marco Launch Platform, Kenya
Stats
1974
10th orbital launch attempt
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
6th mission
1st mission of 1974
6th successful mission
Scout
67th mission
1st mission of 1974
54th successful mission
16th consecutive successful mission