MISSION NAME
Nova 1 1
Status
Success
DATE
15 MAY 1981
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 5
Description
Improved Transit navigation satellite
Scout G-1
Rocket Description
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.