Scout A
Scout familyVoughtRetired
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 513 kN
- Height
- 25 m
- Diameter
- 1.01 m
- Launch mass
- 17 t
- Stages
- 4
- Launch cost
- $8.61M
- LEO capacity
- 122 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
11flightswith a definitive outcome
100%success rate11 of 11
0failuresincluding partial failures
11success streakcurrent
First flight December 22, 1965 · latest August 27, 1970
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Scout A flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1966 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1967 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1969 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 | 1 |