MISSION NAME
ESRS
Status
Failure
DATE
25 JUN 1964
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 5
Description
ESRS (Environmental Sciences Research Satellite, also (Research Satellite for Environmental Sciences) was a small magnetosperic research satellite built by the US Air Force Cambridge Research Lab.
Scout X-4
Rocket Description
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.