ESRO 4

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:17:00

Wednesday November 22, 1972

Mission Details

The ESRO 4 (European Space Research Organisation) spacecraft was designed to investigate neutral particle and ion concentrations in the ionosphere and near magnetosphere, to detect auroral particles, and to monitor solar particles in order to discover the mechanism by which they penetrate and diffuse in the magnetosphere.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

130 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

Scout D1

Active 1972 to 1979

Manufacturer

Vought

Rocket

Height: 21m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 185 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

622 Kilonewtons

Stages

4

Launch Site

SLC-5

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

11 days 17 hours

SLC-5

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

11 days 17 hours

Stats

Scout

64th

Mission

4th

Mission of 1972

1972

98th

Orbital launch attempt