Galactic Radiation and Background was the first successful United States orbital surveillance program, comprising a series of five Naval Research Laboratory electronic surveillance and solar astronomy
This is a display model of a GRAB satellite at the National Cryptologic Museum.
SOLRAD 1 on top of Transit 2A with four of its creators. From left: Martin J. Votaw, George G. Kronmiller, Alfred R. Conover, and Roy A. Harding.
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SOLRAD 1 is the public designation for SOLRAD/GRAB 1, a combination science and surveillance satellite launched into orbit on 22 June 1960. It was the first satellite to successfully observe solar X-r
Galactic Radiation and Background
…GREB ("Galactic Radiation Experiment Background"), and referred to in its scientific capacity as SOLRAD ("SOLar RADiation"). The first GRAB satellite, SOLRAD 1, was launched 22 June 1960, on the same rocket as Transit 2A, an early naval navigation satellite. GRAB 1 had the distinction of being the first…
Lift-off of the Thor-Ablestar rocket with Transit 2A and SOLRAD 1 satellites.
GRAB radio control hut and team overseas