NASA Scout X-1 ST-2

Name: NASA Scout X-1 ST-2
Start: 1960-10-04T15:23:00.000Z
Location: Launch Area 3

Scout X-1

Status

Success

Date

4 OCT 1960

15:23

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Area 3

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Mission Overview

A radiation probe plasma mission.

Rocket

Scout X-1

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

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