Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar X-rays. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1964-001; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 11 January 1964, 20:07 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · July 1966
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
NRL Solar Rad
Solar X-rays.
- GCAT ID
- S00730
- Manufacturer
- Naval Research Lab
- Launch mass
- 40 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.5 m long · 0.5 m diameter · 0.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from NRL Solar Rad.
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