USAF Scout G-1 Polar Bear

Name: USAF Scout G-1 Polar Bear
Start: 1986-11-14T00:23:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 5

Scout G-1

Status

Success

Date

14 NOV 1986

00:23

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 5

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Military satellite designed to study interferences caused by solar flares and auroral activity

Rocket

Scout G-1

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket 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

26 m

Diameter

1.14 m

Launch Mass

20 T

Thrust

395 kN