Explorer 27 (Beacon Explorer-C), a NASA ionospheric and geodetic research satellite launched on a Scout X-4 from Wallops Island; carried radio beacons, an electrostatic probe, and a laser retroreflector for ionosphere and geodesy studies.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 55 kg
- Flight
- 10th
- of 12 Scout X-4 flights
- Date and time
- 29 April 1965, 14:17 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout X-4
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1965-032
- Launches in 1965
- 37th of 124
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