San Marco 2
Scout B
National Research Council
Mission
San Marco 2
Type: Earth Science
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.
Trajectory
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Location
San Marco platform
Broglio Space Center, Kenya
9 rockets have launched from Broglio Space Center, Kenya.

Rocket
Scout B – Vought
- Family: Scout
- Length: 25 m
- Diameter: 1.01 m
- Launch Mass: 17 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 143 kg
The Scout B was manufactured by Vought with the first launch on 1965-08-10. Scout B has 21 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 23 launches. 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.
Agency
National Research Council – NRC
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: NRC
- Founded: 1923
- Country: ITA
The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) or National Research Council, is the largest research council in Italy. As a public organisation, its remit is to support scientific and technological research. Its headquarters are in Rome.