USAF Scout X-4 ESRS
Scout X-4
Status
Failure
Date
25 JUN 1964
01:40
Mission Overview
ESRS (Environmental Sciences Research Satellite, also (Research Satellite for Environmental Sciences) was a small magnetosperic research satellite built by the US Air Force Cambridge Research Lab.
Rocket
Scout X-4
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
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
25 m
Diameter
1.01 m
Launch Mass
17 T
Thrust
513 kN