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Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
10:49:00
Thursday April 26, 1962
Fourth stage failed to ignite.
SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 4B was a solar X-ray, ultraviolet, and electronic surveillance satellite. Developed by the United States Navy's Naval Research Laboratory, it was the fifth in both the SOLRAD and the GRAB (Galactic Radiation and Background) programs.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
25 kilograms
5th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1962
17th
Orbital launch attempt