In orbitRocket body

SCOUT X-4 R/B

NORAD: 1358
COSPAR: 1965-032B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Alleghany Ballistic Laboratories (USN/Hercules Powder Co)
Owner: NASA Langley Research Center
Platform (bus): Altair
Mass at launch: 33 kg
Dry mass: 33 kg
Length: 1.5 m
Diameter: 0.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S01358, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1965-04-29
Rocket: Scout X-4
Flight: Explorer 27
Mission name: Beacon Explorer C
Launch site: NASA Wallops Station, LA3A
Launched by: NASA Langley Research Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1965-032

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1965-032, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1965-04-29
Period: 107.6 min
Inclination: 41.19°
Apogee: 1,299 km
Perigee: 933 km
Radar cross-section: 0.4308 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Debris2 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit