San Marco 3
Scout B
Italian Space Agency
Launch Status
SuccessMission
San Marco 3
Type: Earth Science
Italian satellite designed to study the density, composition and temperature of the equatorial upper atmosphere.
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
Italian Space Agency
Type: Government
Abbreviation: ASI
Country: ITA
