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27 September 1963, 11:17 UTC

DSAP-1 F5

Scout X-2BVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Drawing of the Scout X-2B for DSAP-1 F5

DSAP-1 F5 (P-35 5 / OPS 1610), a U.S. Air Force Defense Satellite Applications Program Block 1 military weather satellite for polar cloud-cover imaging. Maiden and only Scout X-2B flight from Vandenberg LC-D on 27 September 1963 failed to reach orbit, the third Scout failure in five DSAP launches.

Outcome
Failure
Orbit
SSO
Sun-synchronous orbit
Payload to orbit
Did not reach orbit
Flight
1st
Only Scout X-2B flight
Date and time
27 September 1963, 11:17 UTC
Builder
Vought
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Payload
Government/Top Secret
Launches in 1963
48th of 69