Miranda (X-4 / UK-X4), a British RAE engineering test satellite proving three-axis reaction-wheel attitude control and other spacecraft technologies. Scout D-1 from Vandenberg SLC-5 lofted the BAC craft into LEO on 9 March 1974.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 93 kg
- Flight
- 6th
- of 15 Scout D-1 flights
- Date and time
- 9 March 1974, 02:22 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout D-1
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 1974-013
- Launches in 1974
- 14th of 113
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