Scout B
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
- $8.66M
- LEO capacity
- 143 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
23flightswith a definitive outcome
91.3%success rate21 of 23
2failuresincluding partial failures
15success streakcurrent
First flight August 10, 1965 · latest November 15, 1971
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Scout B flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1966 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1967 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1968 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1969 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971 | 4 | 0 | 4 |