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Blue Scout I: D-3 Cape Canaveral LC-18B: Successful N/A Suborbital USAF: Test flight 16 February 1961 13:05 Scout X-1: ST-4 Wallops LA-3: Successful Explorer 9: Low Earth: NASA: Technology 3 March 1961 16:02 Blue Scout II: D-4 Cape Canaveral LC-18B: Successful N/A Suborbital USAF: Test flight 12 April 1961 06:07 Blue Scout II: D-5 Cape ...
The original Scout (a backronym for Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test system) was designed in 1957 at the NACA, at Langley center. Scout launch vehicles were used from 1961 until 1994. To enhance reliability the development team opted to use "off the shelf" hardware, originally produced for military programs. According to the NASA fact sheet:
[16] [17] This was P35-2, the earlier P35-1 launch on 24 May 1962 had failed to reach orbit. [18] All five Program 35 launch attempts using Scout launch vehicle, including the two successes, were made from Vandenberg SLC-5. Other early launches were conducted using Thor-Burner launch vehicles, with Altair or Burner II upper stages.
Blue Scout Jr ERCS Test Launches [13] Date Launch Vehicle Location Apogee Notes 31 May 1962: Blue Scout Jr SLV-1C: Vandenberg AFB, LC-A: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) 24 July 1962: Blue Scout Jr SLV-1C: Vandenberg AFB, LC-A: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) 21 November 1962: Blue Scout Jr SLV-1C: Vandenberg AFB, LC-A: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) 2 February ...
Scout X-1 was flown seven times between August 1960 and October 1961 from Launch Area 3 at the Wallops Flight Facility. [1] [2]The maiden flight was a suborbital test of the rocket's systems, and was conducted on 2 July 1960, with the rocket launching at 00:04 GMT.
The RM-90 Blue Scout II was an American sounding rocket and expendable launch system which was flown three times during 1961. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was a member of the Scout family of rockets. [ 4 ] Blue Scout II was a military version of the NASA -operated Scout X-1 , with adjustments to the payload fairings, engine nozzles and fins.
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The first two launches was successful, however recovery of the payload failed. The second two launches failed due to problems with the Blue Scout. The Blue Scout II was a four-stage derivative of the Blue Scout I. It was flown four times in 1961, twice with HETS payloads, and twice with the Mercury-Scout 1 satellite.