Success
GRS
Earth Science
United States Air Force(USAF)Government
Scout X-4
LEOorbit
GRS (Geophysical Research Satellite) was a geophysics experiment test built by the Cambridge Research Lab (CRL). Data was obtained for 13 orbits, after which time the satellite ceased working due to a failure in the primary power supply.
Friday, June 28, 1963 at 9:19 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#259
USAF Mission
#149
Pad Launch
#10
Location Launch
#20
Designator
1963-026
Launch Window
NET
Jun 28, 1963, 9:19 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
Jun 28, 1963, 5:19 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
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
Founded
1947
Administrator
Commander-in-Chief: President of the US
Total Launches
1,078
Successful
972
Failed
106
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
68