SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 4B was a solar X-ray, ultraviolet, and electronic surveillance satellite. Developed by the United States Navy's United States...
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SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 2 was the public designation for a combination surveillance and solar X-rays and ultraviolet scientific satellite, the second...
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SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 1 is the public designation for SOLRAD/GRAB 1, a combination science and surveillance satellite launched into orbit on 22 June...
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SOLRAD (short for "SOLar RADiation," sometimes presented as "SOLRAD") was an American series of satellites sponsored by the US Navy in a program to continuously...
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SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 3 was a solar X-ray satellite, the third in the SOLRAD program. Developed by the United States Navy's Naval Research Laboratory...
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and payload was US$3.5 million. The SOLRAD/GRAB series flew once more (unsuccessfully), finishing with the SOLRAD 4B mission launched 26 April 1962. In...
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SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 6 (also called SOLRAD 6A) was the sixth solar X-ray monitoring satellite in the United States Navy's SOLRAD series, the third...
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referred to in its scientific capacity as SOLRAD ("SOLar RADiation").: 142, 149 : 300 The first GRAB satellite, SOLRAD 1, was launched 22 June 1960, on the...
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April 1962, when a Scout X-2 launched SOLRAD 4B for the Naval Research Laboratory. It was the only probe in the SOLRAD series to launch from California; however...
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was successful. The second flight, launched on 26 April, carried the Solrad 4B satellite. It failed to reach orbit. Following this launch, the Scout...
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Test flight 26 April 1962 10:49 Scout X-2 S111 Vandenberg SLC-5 Failure Solrad 4B Low Earth (planned) NRL Reconnaissance/Ionospheric research 24 May 1962...
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Electronic reconnaissance Signals intelligence, intercepts stray radio waves. SOLRAD is the earliest known. Optical imaging surveillance Earth imaging satellites...
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April Successful 26 April Scout X-2 Point Arguello LC-D US Air Force Solrad 4B (GRAB-4B) US Navy/NRL Intended: Low Earth Radiation ELINT 26 April Launch failure...
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Injun 1, GRAB-3 (Solrad 3) Navigation, Ionospheric, ELINT Success 1961-11-15 22:26 Thor 305 Ablestar 009 CCAFS LC-17B Transit 4B, TRAAC Navigation Success...
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar Thor 283 Ablestar 006 CCAFS LC-17B Transit 3A GRAB-2 (Solrad-2) Navigation ELINT LEO Failure Premature Thor cutoff. RSO. Debris fell...
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar Thor 281 Ablestar 003 CCAFS LC-17B Transit 2A GRAB-1 (Solrad 1) Navigation ELINT LEO Success 1960-06-22 23:26 Thor DM-18A Thor 233 VAFB...
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Reconnaissance In orbit Successful 5 March 18:28 Scout-B Wallops LA-3 Explorer 37 (Solrad 9) NASA Low Earth Research 16 November 1990 Successful 6 March 11:02 Kosmos-2...
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disintegrated at max Q 8 July 22:58:00 Scout B Wallops LA-3A NASA Explorer 44 (Solrad 10) NASA Low Earth Solar 15 December 1979 Successful 16 July 01:41:36 Vostok-2M...
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01:25 Titan III(23)C 23C-12 3C-30 CCAFS LC-40 GSO Success LES-8 LES-9 Solrad 11A Solrad 11B 22 March 18:14 Titan III(24)B 24B-18 3B-52 VAFB SLC-4W LEO Success...
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LC-75-1-2 US Air Force Poppy 4A (SOLRAD 7B) NRL Low Earth Radiation In orbit Successful GRAB-6 (NRL-PL 142/Poppy 4B) NRL Low Earth ELINT In orbit Successful...
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