Scout B | San Marco 2

Success

Scout B | San Marco 2

San Marco 2 was a 66-cm-diameter spherical satellite with two experiments, one designed to make direct measurements of air density below 350 km, and the other an ionospheric beacon experiment developed to observe electron content between the earth and the satellite.

Mission type: Earth Science · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Scout B · Provider: National Research Council

Launch pad

San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya · View on map (opens in new tab)