American all-solid orbital launch vehicle. Five stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Algol 1B + 1 x Castor + 1 x Antares + 1 x Altair + 1 x Cetus
Gross mass: 17,000 kg (37,000 lb).
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Height: 22.00 m (72.00 ft).
Diameter: 1.02 m (3.34 ft).
Thrust: 440.00 kN (98,910 lbf).
Apogee: 220 km (130 mi).
First Launch: 1962.03.01.
Number: 1 .
Scout Solid-fuel, light payload, lower-cost launch vehicle developed by the Air Force and NASA in the late 1950's and used in a variety of configurations over thirty years. Launched from Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg, Wallops Island, and from Italy's equatorial San Marco platform off Kenya. Italy studied but did not develop subsequent upgraded versions. More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
Vought American manufacturer of rockets and spacecraft. Vought, USA. More...
Associated Launch Sites
Wallops Island Small NASA launch site for sounding rocket launches and occasional Scout launches to orbit. Air launches are conducted from the Drop Zone Wallops Island, 37.00 N 72.0 W. With the last orbital launch in 1985 and the decline in sounding rocket launches, Wallops fell into near-disuse as a launch center. Its fortunes revised with the establishment of Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in 2005 and orbital launches resumed in 2010. More...
Algol 1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 10,705/1,900 kg. Thrust 470.93 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 236 seconds. This rocket started as a Polaris test motor with a 40 inch diameter, which at the time was the largest solid motor ever tested. It had a nominal performance rating of 45 seconds duration and 45,000 kgf thrust. Variations included Algol I, I-D, II, II-A, II-B and possibly others. Another popular rating was 40KS-115,000 (52,000 kgf for 40 seconds), also known as Senior. More...
Altair 1A Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 390/181 kg. Thrust 13.79 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 255 seconds. More...
Antares 1A Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 1,225/294 kg. Thrust 60.50 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 256 seconds. More...
Castor 1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 3,852/535 kg. Thrust 286.00 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 247 seconds. More...
Scout X-1A Chronology
1962 March 1 -
05:07 GMT - .
: Wallops Island
. Launch Complex
: Wallops Island LA3
. LV Family
. Launch Vehicle
: Scout X-1A
. LV Configuration
: Scout X-1A ST-8.
- Reentry 1 re-entry vehicle test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 214 km (132 mi).
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