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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 ...
It was a four-stage rocket, based on the earlier Scout X-1, introducing the Algol 1D [18] and Antares IIB stage upgrades. On 1962-08-23 a Scout X-2 was used for the first successful launch of a DMSP satellite, lifting off from Point Arguello near Vandenberg Air Force Base. [19] [20]
Launch Area 3 contains two launch pads, Area 3 and Area 3A. Area 3, also known as the Mk.I launcher, was used by eighteen Scout rockets between 1960 and 1964. The first launch from the complex, on 18 April 1960, was the maiden flight of the Scout launch vehicle, using the Scout X configuration. The last Scout launch from the pad occurred on 6 ...
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 Mars Scout Program was a NASA initiative to send a series of small, low-cost robotic missions to Mars, competitively selected from proposals by the scientific community. Each Scout project was to cost less than US$485 million. The Phoenix lander and MAVEN orbiter were selected and developed before the program was retired in 2010. [98]
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