Scout X

Scout X
Function Test vehicle
Manufacturer Vought
Country of origin  United States
Size
Height 21.6 metres (71 ft)
Diameter 1.02 metres (3 ft 4 in)
Mass 16,700 kilograms (36,800 lb)
Stages Two
Associated rockets
Family Scout
Derivatives Scout X-1
Launch history
Status Retired
Launch sites Wallops LA-3
Total launches 1
Failures 1
Launch date 1960-04-18
First Stage - Algol 1A
Engines 1 solid
Thrust 471 kilonewtons (106,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 236 sec
Burn time 40 seconds
Fuel Solid
Second Stage - Antares 1A
Engines 1 X-254
Thrust 60 kilonewtons (13,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 256 sec
Burn time 39 seconds
Fuel Solid

Scout X, also known as Cub Scout, was an American rocket which served as a prototype of the Scout, which was launched on a single test flight in 1960. It was used to test the configuration that later Scout rockets would use as well as two of the solid rocket motors that would be used on them.

The Scout X had the same configuration as the Scout X-1, which would be the first all-up version of the Scout. Unlike the X-1, which had four live stages, the Scout X only had live first and third stages, with battleship mockups of the second and fourth.

It was launched from Launch Area 3 at the Wallops Flight Facility at 23:09 GMT on 18 April 1960. The launch failed when the rocket disintegrated during stage separation.

References

    • Wade, Mark. "Scout". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
    • Krebs, Gunter. "Scout". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
    • McDowell, Jonathan. "Scout". Orbital & Suborbital Launch Database. Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
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