Explorer 19 (AD-A), a NASA 3.66 m inflatable Air Density balloon satellite for upper-atmosphere density measurements via orbital drag. Scout X-4 from Vandenberg LC-D placed it in LEO on 19 December 1963 while Explorer 9 was still active.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8 kg
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 12 Scout X-4 flights
- Date and time
- 19 December 1963, 18:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout X-4
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1963-053
- Launches in 1963
- 67th of 69
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