Explorer 45 (SSS-A), a NASA Small Scientific Satellite studying Earth's magnetosphere, ring current, and particle precipitation near the equatorial plane. Scout B from the San Marco platform off Kenya lofted it into medium Earth orbit; final Scout B flight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 52 kg
- Flight
- 20th
- of 20 Scout B flights
- Date and time
- 15 November 1971, 05:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout B
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1971-096
- Launches in 1971
- 106th of 133
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