Rocket family
Scout
United States1960 to 1994Scout is America's first all-solid-fuel orbital rocket, a four-stage launcher built by Vought for NASA and flown from 1960 to 1994. Cheap and simple, it launches small science satellites, Transit navigation satellites and many international missions, including Italy's San Marco satellites from a platform off the coast of Kenya.
- Launches
- 99
- Success rate
- 88%
- 11 failures · 1 partial
- First flight
- 1960
- Scout X-1
- Last flight
- 1994
- Scout G-1
- Rocket types
- 15
Launches per year
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| Year | Launches |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1 |
| 1961 | 3 |
| 1962 | 5 |
| 1963 | 7 |
| 1964 | 8 |
| 1965 | 5 |
| 1966 | 8 |
| 1967 | 8 |
| 1968 | 5 |
| 1969 | 2 |
| 1970 | 3 |
| 1971 | 5 |
| 1972 | 5 |
| 1973 | 1 |
| 1974 | 6 |
| 1975 | 3 |
| 1976 | 2 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1 |
| 1979 | 3 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 2 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1987 | 1 |
| 1988 | 4 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
Scout rockets
| Rocket | Flown | Launches | Success rate | Height | Payload to LEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scout X-1 | 1960 to 1961 | 4 | 25% | 21.6 m | 59 kg |
| Scout X-2 | 1962 | 1 | 0% | 22 m | 76 kg |
| Scout X-2M | 1962 to 1963 | 3 | 33% | 22 m | 76 kg |
| Scout X-3 | 1962 to 1964 | 5 | 80% | 22 m | 87 kg |
| Scout X-3M | 1963 | 1 | 100% | 22 m | 87 kg |
| Scout X-4 | 1963 to 1965 | 12 | 92% | 22 m | 103 kg |
| Scout X-2B | 1963 | 1 | 0% | 22 m | 76 kg |
| Scout B | 1965 to 1971 | 20 | 90% | 22.4 m | 143 kg |
| Scout A | 1965 to 1970 | 11 | 100% | 22 m | 122 kg |
| Scout B-1 | 1971 to 1976 | 5 | 100% | 22 m | 143 kg |
| Scout D-1 | 1972 to 1983 | 15 | 100% | 25 m | 183 kg |
| Scout A-1 | 1973 | 1 | 100% | 22 m | 122 kg |
| Scout E-1 | 1974 | 1 | 100% | 25 m | 200 kg |
| Scout F-1 | 1975 | 2 | 50% | 25 m | 193 kg |
| Scout G-1 | 1979 to 1994 | 17 | 100% | 25 m | 210 kg |