ESRO 1B (Boreas), a European Space Research Organisation auroral and ionospheric science satellite correlating with ESRO 1A. Scout B from Vandenberg SLC-5 lofted it on 1 October 1969 into a lower-than-planned polar orbit that still returned useful data.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 85 kg
- Flight
- 14th
- of 20 Scout B flights
- Date and time
- 1 October 1969, 22:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout B
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1969-083
- Launches in 1969
- 96th of 125
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