Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:13:41
Thursday March 19, 1964
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Beacon Explorer A was equipped with LASER reflector for geodesic measurements and also to find the electron density in the ionosphere, another instrument on board was also a magnetomerer.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
120 kilograms
9th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1964
15th
Orbital launch attempt