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Status

Success

Star-Rad (Corona 54)

Launch Time
Fri Oct 26, 1962 16:14 UTC

Rocket

Thor DM-21 Agena-D
US Air Force
Status: Retired
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0

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