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Beacon Explorer-B
NASA ionospheric research satellite. Beacon Explorer-B was launched on October 10, 1964 aboard a Scout X-4 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1964-064ANORAD 899United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Explorer 22
- Common name
- Beacon Explorer-B
- Payload designation
- Beacon Explorer B
- Other names
- NNS 04164
- International designator
- 1964-064A
- NORAD catalog number
- 899
- GCAT identifier
- S00899
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.085
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Explorer BE
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 5
Launch
- Date
- October 10, 1964 · 03:01 UTC
- Launch record
- 1964-064Success
- Rocket
- Scout X-4
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad PALC-D
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 886 km
- Apogee
- 1,079 km
- Inclination
- 79.69°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Apr 17, 1969
- End of operations
- Apr 17, 1969
Size
- Mass
- 52 kg
- Dry mass
- 52 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q23738 (CC0).