Solrad 01

Also called GREB

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General

Designation	00046 / 60007B
Launch date	22 Jun 1960
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Officially announced as scientific
Perigee/Apogee	590/940 km
Inclination	66.7°
Period	100.1 min
Launch vehicle	Thor Ablestar
Launch site	Cape Canaveral

This was not really a scientific satellite althougth it provided scientific data on 108 MHz. It was a military one, the first space-based ELINT system. It was known as GRAB (Galactic RAdiation and Background). The mission was later renamed DYNO.

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External resources

http://www.ncst.nrl.navy.mil/HomePage/GRAB/GRAB.html

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor
Platform
Mass at launch	19 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

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