NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

BE-A

Launch Time
Thu Mar 19, 1964 11:13 UTC

Rocket

Delta B
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
US Air Force
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 375 kg
Payload to GTO: 68 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

BE-A

Beacon Explorer A was equipped with LASER reflector for geodesic measurements and also to find the electron density in the ionosphere, another instrument on board was also a magnetomerer.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 120.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1964

15th orbital launch attempt

Delta B

9th mission
2nd mission of 1964
1st failed mission