Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
National Research Council
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
Italy
Date
Wed, 26 Apr 1967 10:06:24 GMT
Orbital launch #
#690 ever
Mission
San Marco 2 was a 66-cm-diameter spherical satellite with two experiments, one designed to make direct measurements of air density below 350 km, and the other an ionospheric beacon experiment developed to observe electron content between the earth and the satellite.