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Scout D-1

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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.

Scout D-1 vehicle

Specifications

Thrust
464 kN
Height
25 m
Diameter
1.14 m
Launch mass
20 t
Stages
4
LEO capacity
183 kg

Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.

Flight record

16flightswith a definitive outcome
100%success rate16 of 16
0failuresincluding partial failures
16success streakcurrent

First flight August 13, 1972 · latest June 27, 1983

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Flights per year

  • Successful
  • Failed
Show the numbers for Scout D-1 flights per year
Scout D-1 flights per year
YearSuccessfulFailedTotal
1972404
1973000
1974404
1975101
1976202
1977101
1978101
1979202
1980000
1981000
1982000
1983101

Flights

5 of 16

All 16 flights