Stats[]
Category. | Statistic. |
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Launch vehicle. | Thor Able Star rocket. |
Launch date. | June 29, 1961. |
Launch site. | Vandenberg Air Force Base. |
Ceased operations. | 1977 or 1979 along with several others. |
Owner(s). | USAF\NRL. |
Major contractor(s). | USAF\NRL? |
Is it still in orbit. | N\A, but probably still is. |
Launch mass | 25 kilograms. |
Nationality(s). | USA. |
Satellite type. | ELINT surveillance work and ionosphere X-ray measurements. |
Links. | http://www.drewexmachina.com/2014/09/30/vintage-micro-the-first-elint-satellites/, http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=46 and http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/radioind/GRABELINT/GRABELINT.html. |
History[]
Solrad-3 (or GREB-3), was the third GRAB satellite, part of a 3 satellite an American ELINT spy satellite system.