NASA Scout X-4 Explorer 23
Scout X-4
Status
Success
Date
6 NOV 1964
12:02
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Area 3
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Overview
The Explorer 23 or S 55c micrometeoroid satellite was the third in the series of S 55 micrometeoroid satellites orbited by NASA.
Rocket
Scout X-4
Mission Type
Materials 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
25 m
Diameter
1.01 m
Launch Mass
17 T
Thrust
513 kN