Scout X-1
Scout family · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Retired
Scout X-1 was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket which was flown seven times between August 1960 and October 1961.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 471 kN
- Height
- 25 m
- Diameter
- 1.01 m
- Launch mass
- 16 t
- Stages
- 4
- Launch cost
- $8.91M
- LEO capacity
- 59 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
6
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
50%
3 of 6
Current success streak
1
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
- Scout X-1 | P-21 — Success
- Scout X-1 | Explorer 13 — Failure
- Scout X-1 | S-55 — Failure
- Scout X-1 | Explorer 9 — Success
- Scout X-1 | NASA S-56 — Failure