USAF Blue Scout Jr. O-2

Name: USAF Blue Scout Jr. O-2
Start: 1961-12-04T04:00:16.000Z
Location: Launch Complex A

Blue Scout Jr

Status

Success

Date

4 DEC 1961

04:00

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex A

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

A flight carrying particle detectors. It was the only completely successful flight of the initial Blue Scout Junior program.

Rocket

Blue Scout Jr

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior (sometimes called Journeyman B) was a rocket of the U.S. Air Force's System 609A Blue Scout family.

Height

12.4 m

Diameter

0.79 m

Launch Mass

5 T

Thrust

222 kN