Scout family
Scout B
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.
Flights flown23
Success rate91.3%21/23
Payload to LEO143kg
Cost per kg to LEO$60,559$8.7M per launch
Maiden flight1965-08-10
Peak year19675 flights
Scout B is built by Vought of the United States. It first flew on 10 August 1965 and last flew on 15 November 1971.
Flight record
91.3% success rate21 of 23 flown · 2 failed
1965peak 1967 · 5 flights1971
First flight1965-08-10
Latest flight1971-11-15
Failures2
Consecutive successes15
Fastest turnaround13d 19h
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 143kg |
|---|---|
| Launch cost | $8.7M |
| Cost per kg to LEO | $60,559 |
Vehicle
| Stages | 4 |
|---|---|
| Length | 25m |
| Diameter | 1.01m |
| Launch mass | 17t |
| Liftoff thrust | 513kN |
| Maiden flight | 1965-08-10 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Low Earth Orbit8Polar Orbit8Elliptical Orbit4Suborbital3
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-11-15 | Scout B | SSS 1 | San Marco platform | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1971-09-20 | Scout B | BIC | Launch Area 3A | Suborbital | Success |
| 1971-07-08 | Scout B | Solrad 10 | Launch Area 3A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1971-04-24 | Scout B | San Marco 3 | San Marco platform | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1970-12-12 | Scout B | Uhuru | San Marco platform | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1970-11-09 | Scout B | OFO | Launch Area 3A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1969-11-08 | Scout B | Azur | Space Launch Complex 5 | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1969-10-01 | Scout B | ESRO 1B (Boreas) | Space Launch Complex 5 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-10-03 | Scout B | ESRO 1A (Aurorae) | Space Launch Complex 5 | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1968-08-22 | Scout B | RAM C-2 | Launch Area 3A | Suborbital | Success |
| 1968-08-08 | Scout B | Explorer 39 | Space Launch Complex 5 | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1968-05-17 | Scout B | ESRO 2B | Space Launch Complex 5 | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1968-03-05 | Scout B | Explorer 37 | Launch Area 3A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1967-12-05 | Scout B | OV3-6 | Space Launch Complex 5 | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1967-10-19 | Scout B | RAM C-1 | Launch Area 3A | Suborbital | Success |
| 1967-05-30 | Scout B | ESRO 2A | Space Launch Complex 5 | Polar Orbit | Failure |
| 1967-04-26 | Scout B | San Marco 2 | San Marco platform | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1967-01-31 | Scout B | OV3-5 | Space Launch Complex 5 | Polar Orbit | Failure |
| 1966-10-28 | Scout B | OV3-2 | Space Launch Complex 5 | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1966-08-04 | Scout B | OV3-3 | Space Launch Complex 5 | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1966-06-10 | Scout B | OV3-4 | Launch Area 3A | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1966-04-22 | Scout B | OV3-1 | Space Launch Complex 5 | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1965-08-10 | Scout B | SEV | Launch Area 3A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.
Further reading: Wikipedia