NASA Scout X-3A Reentry-2
Scout X-3A
Status
Success
Date
31 AUG 1962
16:25
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Area 3
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Overview
Test of experimental heatshield material performance under heating loads near those of a lunar reentry.
Rocket
Scout X-3A
Mission Type
Materials Science
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
22 m
Diameter
1.02 m
Launch Mass
17 T
Thrust
380 kN