NASA Scout G-1 SAMPEX
Scout G-1
Status
Success
Date
3 JUL 1992
14:19
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Scout G-1
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
26 m
Diameter
1.14 m
Launch Mass
20 T
Thrust
395 kN