Status
Success
Star-Rad (Corona 54)
Launch Time
Fri Oct 26, 1962 16:14 UTC
Fri Oct 26, 1962 16:14 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Star-Rad (Corona 54)
Star-Rad (Starfish Radiation) was a military scientific payload to study the artificial radiation belts created by the Starfish-Prime nuclear test.
The satellite consisted of instruments mounted on the Agena-D upper stage. They were not to be separated from the Agena-D
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,100.0 kg
Location
SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
1962
66th orbital launch attempt
Thor-Agena
57th mission
21st mission of 1962
41st successful mission
19th consecutive successful mission