NASA Scout B BIC
Scout B
Status
Success
Date
20 SEP 1971
23:31
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Area 3A
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Overview
Suborbital ionospheric study mission
Rocket
Scout B
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Suborbital
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
25 m
Diameter
1.01 m
Launch Mass
17 T
Thrust
513 kN