Engineering:S-66A

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S-66A (also called BE-A, acronym of Beacon Explorer,) was an artificial NASA satellite launched on March 19, 1964 by means of a Delta B rocket, but it could not reach orbit due to a vehicle launcher failure.

Specifications

Launch mass: 114 kilograms (251 lb)
Dimensions: 24.5 by 45.7 centimetres (9.6 in × 18.0 in)
Manufacturers: Applied Physics Laboratory
Launch place: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A
Instruments: Radio Beacons, Doppler Navigation System, Electrostatic Probe, Passive Laser Tracking Reflector

External links

Beacon Explorer-A. NASA GSFC

Explorers Program

List of Explorers Program missions

Missions

1958–1992	Explorer 1 2^† 3 4 5^† S-1^† 6 (S-2) 7 (S-1A) S-46A^† 8 S-56^† 9 (S-56A) S-45^† 10 11 (S-15) S-45A^† S-55^† 12 (EPE-A) 13 (S-55A) 14 (EPE-B) 15 (EPE-C) 16 (S-55B) 17 (AE-A) 18 (IMP-A) 19 (AD-A) S-66A (BE-A)^† 20 (IE-A) 21 (IMP-B) 22 (BE-B) 23 (S-55C) 24 (AD-B) 25 (Injun 4, IE-B) 26 (EPE-D) 27 (BE-C) 28 (IMP-C) 29 (GEOS-A) 30 (Solrad 8) 31 (DME-A) 32 (AE-B) 33 (IMP-D) 34 (IMP-F) 35 (IMP-E) 36 (GEOS-B) 37 (Solrad 9) 38 (RAE-A) 39 (AD-C) 40 (Injun 5) 41 (IMP-G) 42 (Uhuru, SAS-A) 43 (IMP-H) 44 (Solrad 10) 45 (SSS-A) 46 (MTS) 47 (IMP-I) 48 (SAS-B) 49 (RAE-B) 50 (IMP-J) 51 (AE-C) 52 (Hawkeye 1) 53 (SAS-C) 54 (AE-D) 55 (AE-E) DADE-A^† DADE-B^† 56 (ISEE-1) 57 (IUE) 58 (HCMM) 59 (ICE) 60 (SAGE) 61 (Magsat) 62 (DE-1) 63 (DE-2) 64 (SME) 65 (CCE) 66 (COBE) 67 (EUVE)
MIDEX	69 (RXTE) 71 (ACE) 77 (FUSE) 78 (IMAGE) 80 (WMAP) FAME 84 (Swift) 85–89 (THEMIS) 92 (WISE) 95 (TESS) 96 (ICON) SPHEREx
SMEX	68 (SAMPEX) 70 (FAST) 73 (TRACE) 74 (SWAS) 75 (WIRE)^† 81 (RHESSI) 83 (GALEX) 90 (AIM) 91 (IBEX) 93 (NuSTAR) 94 (IRIS) GEMS IXPE PUNCH TRACERS
UNEX/MO/I	HETE-1^† 72 (SNOE) 76 (TERRIERS)^† 79 (HETE-2) INTEGRAL 82 (CHIPSat) CINDI Suzaku TWINS Hitomi^† NICER GOLD XRISM GUSTO CASE

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Proposals

Proposals	FINESSE Arcus OHMIC ASTRE EXCEDE

Green titles indicates active current missions
Grey titles indicates cancelled missions
Italics indicate missions yet to launch
Symbol ^† indicates failure en route or before intended mission data returned

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