NASA Scout B OFO
Scout B
Status
Success
Date
9 NOV 1970
06:00
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Area 3A
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Overview
Life-science satellite carrying two bullfrogs and measuring their bioelectric action potential during weightlessness and gravity stimulus obtained by activation of a centrifuge.
Rocket
Scout B
Mission Type
Biology
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
25 m
Diameter
1.01 m
Launch Mass
17 T
Thrust
513 kN