Success
San Marco 3
Earth Science
Italian Space Agency(ASI)Government
Scout B
LEOorbit
Italian satellite designed to study the density, composition and temperature of the equatorial upper atmosphere.
Saturday, April 24, 1971 at 7:32 AM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#1,211
ASI Mission
#1
Pad Launch
#3
Location Launch
#3
Designator
1971-036
Launch Window
NET
Apr 24, 1971, 7:32 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Broglio Space Center, Kenya
The Luigi Broglio Space Center (BSC) located near Malindi, Kenya, is an Italian Space Agency (ASI) Spaceport. It served as a spaceport for the launch of both Italian and international satellites, but is currently only used for satellite communications.
Timezone
Africa/Nairobi
Local Launch Time
Apr 24, 1971, 10:32 AM
Total Launches
9
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
-2.9383, 40.2125
Scout B 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
143 kg
Launch Cost
$9M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1965
Fastest Turnaround
13d 19h
Total Launches
23
Successful
21
Failed
2
Consecutive Success
15
Maiden flight: Aug 10, 1965