The RM-90 Blue Scout II was an American sounding rocket and expendable launch system which was flown three times during 1961. It was used for two HETS test flights, and the launch of the Mercury-Scout 1 satellite for NASA. It was a member of the Scout family of rockets.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 471 kN
- Height
- 24 m
- Diameter
- 1.02 m
- Launch mass
- 16 t
- Stages
- 4
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 30 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
0%
0 of 1
Current success streak
0
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Blue Scout II | Mercury-Scout 1 — Failure