Success
San Marco 1
Test Flight
National Research Council(CNR)Government
Scout X-4
LEOorbit
San Marco 1 was an Italian flight test of the satellite to furnish data on air density and ionosphere characteristics. The Scout-X4 launch vehicle was provided by NASA and was launched with an Italian launch crew from Wallops Island.
Tuesday, December 15, 1964 at 8:20 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#390
CNR Mission
#1
Pad Launch
#1
Location Launch
#26
Designator
1964-084
Launch Window
NET
Dec 15, 1964, 8:20 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Wallops Flight Facility is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and north-northeast of Norfolk. The facility is operated by the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and primarily serves to support science and exploration missions for NASA and other federal agencies. WFF includes an extensively instrumented range to support launches of more than a dozen types of sounding rockets; small expendable suborbital and orbital rockets; high-altitude balloon flights carrying scientific instruments for atmospheric and astronomical research; and, using its Research Airport, flight tests of aeronautical research aircraft, including uncrewed aerial vehicles.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Dec 15, 1964, 3:20 PM
Total Launches
86
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
37.9333, -75.4678
Scout X-4 Specs
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.
Length
25 m
Diameter
1.01 m
Launch Mass
17 t
Thrust
513 kN
LEO Capacity
103 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1963
Fastest Turnaround
15d 5h
Total Launches
12
Successful
11
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
8
Maiden flight: Jun 28, 1963
National Research Council
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.
Founded
1923
Administrator
President: Maria Chiara Carrozza
Total Launches
2
Successful
2
Failed
0
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
2