CNES Scout B-1 Eole
Scout B-1
Status
Success
Date
16 AUG 1971
18:39
Launch Provider
National Center of Space Research
Launch Pad
Launch Area 3A
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Overview
Second French experimental data relay satellite for meteorological data.
Rocket
Scout B-1
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.
Height
22 m
Diameter
1.02 m
Launch Mass
17 T
Thrust
440 kN