NASA Scout X-1 P-21

Name: NASA Scout X-1 P-21
Start: 1961-10-19T17:38:00.000Z
Location: Launch Area 3

Scout X-1

Status

Success

Date

19 OCT 1961

17:38

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Area 3

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Mission Overview

A flight carrying plasma and aeronomy research payloads on a suborbital trajectory

Rocket

Scout X-1

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Scout X-1 was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket which was flown seven times between August 1960 and October 1961.

Height

25 m

Diameter

1.01 m

Launch Mass

16 T

Thrust

471 kN