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Family: Scout. Country: USA. Status: Hardware.
SpecificationsLaunches: 6. Failures: 4. Success Rate: 33.33% pct. First Launch Date: 29 March 1962. Last Launch Date: 27 September 1963. LEO Payload: 76 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 43,550 kgf. Total Mass: 16,440 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 2 Gross Mass: 1,400 kg. Empty Mass: 300 kg. Thrust (vac): 9,493 kgf. Isp: 293 sec. Burn time: 36 sec. Isp(sl): 233 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 2.9 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. X-259
- 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-2 Chronology
1962 Mar 29 - Launch Site: Wallops Island .
- P 21A Spacecraft: P 21.
Suborbital.
1962 Apr 26 - LV Configuration: Scout X-2 s/n S111. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: LC-D. FAILURE: Failure.
- Solrad 4B Spacecraft: GRAB. Payload: GRAB 4B. Mass: 91 kg.
Solar radiation monitor.
1962 May 24 - LV Configuration: Scout X-2M s/n S112. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: LC-D. FAILURE: Failure.
1962 Aug 23 - - 11:44 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout X-2M s/n S117. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: LC-D.
1963 Apr 26 - LV Configuration: Scout X-2M s/n S121. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: LC-D. FAILURE: Failure.
1963 Sep 27 - - 11:17 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout X-2B s/n S132. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: LC-D. FAILURE: Failure.
- P 35-5 Spacecraft: P 35-5. Mass: 40 kg.
Bibliography:- 159 - Wilson, Andrew, Spaceflight, "Scout - NASA's Small Satellite Launcher", 1979, Volume 21, page 446.
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