Last update:  2025-06-07
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Scout B

StatusRetired
Rocket familyScout
CountryUnited States
ManufacturerLing-Temco-Vought
Number of orbital launches20
First launch1965-08-10
Last launch1971-11-15


Launches by year:



Launches:

Launch dateLaunch siteRocket / VariantPayloadNotesStatus
1971-11-15San MarcoScout B Explorer 45 (SSS A)success
1971-07-08Wallops IslandScout B Explorer 44 (SE C, Solrad 10)success
1971-04-24San MarcoScout B San Marco 3success
1970-12-12San MarcoScout B Explorer 42 (SAS A, Uhuru)success
The first launch of an American satellite from another country. This enabled the launch to equatorial orbit with a smaller rocket rather than the larger launcher vehicles required for achieving the same orbit from Cape Canaveral.
1970-11-09Wallops IslandScout B OFO 1success
1969-11-08VandenbergScout B Azur (GRS 1)success
1969-10-01VandenbergScout B ESRO 1B (Boreas)pfailure
1968-10-03VandenbergScout B ESRO 1A (Aurorae)success
1968-08-08VandenbergScout B Explorer 39 (AD C) / Explorer 40 (IE C, Injun 5)success
1968-05-17VandenbergScout B ESRO 2B (Iris 2)success
1968-03-05Wallops IslandScout B Explorer 37 (SE B, Solrad 9)pfailure
1967-12-05VandenbergScout B OV3 6 (ATCOS 2)success
1967-05-30VandenbergScout B ESRO 2A (Iris 1)failure
1967-04-26San MarcoScout B San Marco 2success
With this launch Italy became the third country in the world to operate a launch with its own crew, after the Soviet Union and the United States.
1967-01-31VandenbergScout B OV3 5 (ATCOS 1)failure
1966-10-28VandenbergScout B OV3 2success
1966-08-04VandenbergScout B OV3 2success
1966-06-10Wallops IslandScout B OV3 4 (PHASR)success
1966-04-22VandenbergScout B OV3 1success
1965-08-10Wallops IslandScout B SECOR 5 (EGRS 5) / SEVsuccess

Variants:

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Scout B

First launch1965-08-10
Stages4
Mass17.9 t
Height25 m
Payload capacity:
LEO143 kg to 185 km
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