Scout family
Scout X-4
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 flown12
Success rate91.7%11/12
Payload to LEO103kg
Maiden flight1963-06-28
Peak year19647 flights
Scout X-4 is built by Vought of the United States. It first flew on 28 June 1963 and last flew on 6 December 1965.
Flight record
91.7% success rate11 of 12 flown · 1 failed
1963peak 1964 · 7 flights1965
First flight1963-06-28
Latest flight1965-12-06
Failures1
Consecutive successes8
Fastest turnaround15d 5h
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 103kg |
|---|
Vehicle
| Stages | 4 |
|---|---|
| Length | 25m |
| Diameter | 1.01m |
| Launch mass | 17t |
| Liftoff thrust | 513kN |
| Maiden flight | 1963-06-28 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Low Earth Orbit11Elliptical Orbit1
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965-12-06 | Scout X-4 | FR-1 | Space Launch Complex 5 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1965-11-19 | Scout X-4 | Solrad 8 | Launch Area 3A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1965-04-29 | Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer C | Launch Area 3A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-12-15 | Scout X-4 | San Marco 1 | Launch Area 3A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-11-21 | Scout X-4 | Explorer 24 & 25 | Space Launch Complex 5 | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1964-11-06 | Scout X-4 | Explorer 23 | Launch Area 3 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-10-10 | Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer B | Space Launch Complex 5 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-08-25 | Scout X-4 | Explorer 20 | Space Launch Complex 5 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-06-25 | Scout X-4 | ESRS | Space Launch Complex 5 | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1964-06-04 | Scout X-4 | Transit VC | Space Launch Complex 5 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-12-19 | Scout X-4 | Explorer 19 | Space Launch Complex 5 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-06-28 | Scout X-4 | GRS | Launch Area 3 | 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