Description: SOLRAD 2. SOLRAD 2 was a surveillance and scientific satellite developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Like the similar SOLRAD1 satellite (model pictured) it was intended to measure solar X-rays and ultraviolet radiation while conducting a covert surveillance mission mapping the Soviet Union's air defense radar network with its onboard Galactic Radiation and Background electronic surveillance package. SOLRAD1 launched in June 1960 had been the first satellite to observe solar X-rays con
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