San Marco 3, an Italian CRS/NASA atmospheric-density research satellite. Scout B from the San Marco equatorial mobile platform off Kenya lofted it on 24 April 1971 into low equatorial orbit for upper-atmosphere measurements.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 180 kg
- Flight
- 18th
- of 20 Scout B flights
- Date and time
- 24 April 1971, 07:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout B
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1971-036
- Launches in 1971
- 39th of 133
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