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Family: Scout. Country: USA. Status: Hardware.
SpecificationsLaunches: 17. Failures: 0. Success Rate: 100.00% pct. First Launch Date: 30 October 1979. Last Launch Date: 09 May 1994. LEO Payload: 210 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 40,330 kgf. Total Mass: 20,930 kg. Core Diameter: 1.1 m. Total Length: 26.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 8.66 million. in 1985 unit dollars.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Algol 3 Gross Mass: 14,320 kg. Empty Mass: 1,600 kg. Thrust (vac): 48,121 kgf. Isp: 284 sec. Burn time: 75 sec. Isp(sl): 238 sec. Diameter: 1.1 m. Span: 1.1 m. Length: 9.4 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. Algol 3
- 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 3A Gross Mass: 1,637 kg. Empty Mass: 352 kg. Thrust (vac): 8,239 kgf. Isp: 295 sec. Burn time: 48 sec. Isp(sl): 0 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 3.5 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. X-259A
- Stage Number: 4. 1 x Altair 3 Gross Mass: 301 kg. Empty Mass: 25 kg. Thrust (vac): 2,800 kgf. Isp: 280 sec. Burn time: 27 sec. Isp(sl): 255 sec. Diameter: 0.6 m. Span: 0.6 m. Length: 2.5 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. FW-4S,TEM640
Scout G Chronology
1979 Oct 30 - - 14:16 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S203C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
1981 May 25 - - 06:07 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S192C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
- Nova 1 Spacecraft: Nova.
Improved Transit.
1984 Oct 12 - - 01:26 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S208C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
1985 Aug 3 - - 03:50 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S209C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
- Transit-O 30 Spacecraft: Transit. Mass: 55 kg.
- Transit-O 24 Spacecraft: Transit. Mass: 55 kg.
1985 Dec 13 - - 02:38 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S207C. Launch Site: Wallops Island . Launch Complex: LA3.
- USA 14; ASAT Balloon Target Spacecraft: ASAT Target Balloon. Payload: ITV 2.
Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
- USA 13; ASAT Balloon Target Spacecraft: ASAT Target Balloon. Payload: ITV 1 Balloon.
Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
- ITV 1 Balloon Spacecraft: ASAT Target Balloon. Payload: ITV 1 Balloon.
- ITV 1 Balloon Spacecraft: ASAT Target Balloon.
1986 Nov 14 - - 00:28 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S199C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
- Polar Bear Spacecraft: Polar Bear. Payload: Polar Bear / P 87-1. Mass: 125 kg.
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Polar Beacon and Research satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
1987 Sep 16 - - 19:26 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S204C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
- Transit-O 29 Spacecraft: Transit. Mass: 59 kg.
- Transit-O 27 Spacecraft: Transit. Mass: 59 kg.
1988 Mar 25 - - 19:55 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S206C. Launch Site: San Marco .
1988 Apr 26 - - 02:09 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S211C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
- Transit-O 23 Spacecraft: Transit. Mass: 64 kg.
- Transit-O 32 Spacecraft: Transit. Mass: 64 kg.
1988 Jun 16 - - 07:12 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S213C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
1988 Aug 25 - - 07:12 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S214C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
- Transit-O 25 Spacecraft: Transit. Mass: 59 kg.
- Transit-O 31 Spacecraft: Transit. Mass: 59 kg.
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1990 May 9 - - 18:00 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S212C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
- Macsat 2; M-2 Spacecraft: Macsat. Payload: MacSat 2. Mass: 68 kg.
Multiple Access Communications Satellite; global store and forward communications. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
- Macsat 1; M-1 Spacecraft: Macsat. Payload: MacSat 1. Mass: 68 kg.
Multiple Access Communications Satellite; global store and forward communications. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
1991 Jun 29 - - 13:55 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S216C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
1992 Jul 3 - - 14:24 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S215C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
1992 Nov 21 - - 13:40 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S210C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
1993 Jun 25 - - 23:30 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S217C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
1994 May 9 - - 02:47 GMT. LV Configuration: Scout G-1 s/n S218C. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC5.
Bibliography:- 42 - Isakowitz, Steven J,, International Reference to Space Launch Systems Second Edition, AIAA, Washington DC, 1991.
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