Explorer 24 (AD-B air-density balloon) and Explorer 25 (IE-B / Injun 4 magnetospheric particle satellite). Scout X-4 from Vandenberg lofted the dual NASA payload on 21 November 1964 into high-inclination elliptical LEO for upper-atmosphere density and radiation studies.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 49 kg
- Flight
- 8th
- of 12 Scout X-4 flights
- Date and time
- 21 November 1964, 17:09 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout X-4
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1964-076
- Launches in 1964
- 88th of 100
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