Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:14:00
Friday October 26, 1962
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
1 Payload
1,100 kilograms
57th
Mission
21st
Mission of 1962
66th
Orbital launch attempt