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Family: Scout. Country: USA. Status: Hardware. Department of Defence Designation: XRM-89.
Air Force version of Scout used for suborbital tests.
SpecificationsFirst Launch Date: 07 January 1961. Payload: 88 kg. to a: 1386 km altitude, 2419 km range trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 52,160 kgf. Total Mass: 16,738 kg. Core Diameter: 1.0 m. Total Length: 22.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Algol 1 Gross Mass: 10,705 kg. Empty Mass: 1,900 kg. Thrust (vac): 48,022 kgf. Isp: 236 sec. Burn time: 40 sec. Isp(sl): 214 sec. Diameter: 1.0 m. Span: 1.0 m. Length: 9.1 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. Algol 1
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Castor 2 Gross Mass: 4,424 kg. Empty Mass: 695 kg. Thrust (vac): 26,402 kgf. Isp: 262 sec. Burn time: 37 sec. Isp(sl): 232 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 6.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. TX-354-3
- Stage Number: 3. 1 x Antares 1A Gross Mass: 1,225 kg. Empty Mass: 294 kg. Thrust (vac): 6,169 kgf. Isp: 256 sec. Burn time: 39 sec. Isp(sl): 233 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 3.4 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. X-254
Blue Scout 1 Chronology
1961 Jan 7 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC18.
1961 May 9 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC18.
1962 Apr 12 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC18. FAILURE: Failure.
Bibliography:- 45 - Koelle, Heinz Hermann,, Handbook of Astronautical Engineering, McGraw-Hill,New York, 1961.
- 249 - Gatland, Kenneth, Spacecraft and Boosters, Iliffe Books. London, 1964.
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