LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Jul 03 1992
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SAMPEX
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(2:19 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(2:19 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(2:19 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Scout G-1Description:
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Planetary Science
- The main objectives of SAMPEX (Solar Anomalous & Magnetospheric Particle Explorer) experiments was to obtain data for several continuous years on the anomalous, components of cosmic rays, on energetic particle emissions from the sun, and on the precipitating magnetospheric relativistic electrons.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5