NASA Scout D-1 GP-A
Scout D-1
Status
Success
Date
18 JUN 1976
11:41
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Area 3A
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Overview
Precise clock launched on a suborbital flight to explore the structure of space and time
Rocket
Scout D-1
Mission Type
Suborbital
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
1.14 m
Launch Mass
20 T
Thrust
464 kN