NASA Scout B Uhuru
Scout B
Status
Success
Date
12 DEC 1970
10:53
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
San Marco platform
Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Mission Overview
Small satellite designed to survey the celestial sphere and search for sources of X-ray, gamma-ray, UV and other spectral regions.
Rocket
Scout B
Mission Type
Astrophysics
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
