Scout X-1

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Scout X-1

Scout X1 - Scout X1 - COSPAR 1961-Delta

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Family: Scout. Country: USA. Status: Hardware.

Specifications

Launches: 9. Failures: 4. Success Rate: 55.56% pct. First Launch Date: 18 April 1960. Last Launch Date: 01 March 1962. LEO Payload: 59 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 43,550 kgf. Total Mass: 16,240 kg. Core Diameter: 1.0 m. Total Length: 25.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 8.91 million. in 1985 unit dollars.

Stage Number: 1. 1 x Algol 1 Gross Mass: 10,705 kg. Empty Mass: 1,900 kg. Thrust (vac): 48,022 kgf. Isp: 236 sec. Burn time: 40 sec. Isp(sl): 214 sec. Diameter: 1.0 m. Span: 1.0 m. Length: 9.1 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. Algol 1
Stage Number: 2. 1 x Castor 1 Gross Mass: 3,852 kg. Empty Mass: 535 kg. Thrust (vac): 29,164 kgf. Isp: 247 sec. Burn time: 27 sec. Isp(sl): 232 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 5.9 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. M33-20-4
Stage Number: 3. 1 x Antares 1A Gross Mass: 1,225 kg. Empty Mass: 294 kg. Thrust (vac): 6,169 kgf. Isp: 256 sec. Burn time: 39 sec. Isp(sl): 233 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 3.4 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. X-254
Stage Number: 4. 1 x Altair 1A Gross Mass: 390 kg. Empty Mass: 181 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,406 kgf. Isp: 255 sec. Burn time: 40 sec. Isp(sl): 232 sec. Diameter: 0.5 m. Span: 0.5 m. Length: 2.5 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. X-248A

Scout X-1 Chronology

1960 Apr 18 - LV Configuration: Scout X. Launch Site: Wallops Island . FAILURE: Vehicle broke up after first-stage burnout.

Research and Development Flight
Scout test vehicle, with live first and third stages. Suborbital.

1960 Jul 2 - Launch Site: Wallops Island . FAILURE: Failure.

NASA Radiation Probe Spacecraft: Radiation Probe.
Suborbital.

1960 Oct 4 - Launch Site: Wallops Island .

USAF Radiation Probe Spacecraft: Radiation Probe.
Suborbital.

1960 Dec 4 - - 21:14 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout X-1 s/n ST-3. Launch Site: Wallops Island . Launch Complex: LA3. FAILURE: Second stage malfunction.

Explorer (9) S 56 Spacecraft: S-56. Payload: S-56. Mass: 6 kg.

1961 Feb 16 - - 13:12 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout X-1 s/n ST-4. Launch Site: Wallops Island . Launch Complex: LA3.

Explorer 9 Spacecraft: S-56. Payload: S-56A. Mass: 7 kg.
12 foot dia. balloon; atmospheric density studies. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

1961 Jun 30 - - 17:09 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout X-1 s/n ST-5. Launch Site: Wallops Island . Launch Complex: LA3. FAILURE: Third stage did not ignite, and the vehicle was destroyed.

Explorer (13) S 55 Spacecraft: S-55. Payload: S-55. Mass: 84 kg.
Micrometeorite counter satellite (S-55).

1961 Aug 25 - - 18:29 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout X-1 s/n ST-6. Launch Site: Wallops Island . Launch Complex: LA3.

Explorer 13 Spacecraft: S-55. Payload: S-55A. Mass: 86 kg.
Useless orbit; micrometeoroid research. Partial Failure.

1961 Oct 19 - Launch Site: Wallops Island .

1962 Mar 1 - LV Configuration: Scout-X1A. Launch Site: Wallops Island .

Reentry 1 Spacecraft: Reentry.
Suborbital.

Bibliography:

159 - Wilson, Andrew, Spaceflight, "Scout - NASA's Small Satellite Launcher", 1979, Volume 21, page 446.

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