Scout rocket

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expendable launch system small-lift launch vehicle solid-fueled rocket

The Scout rocket was a small, solid-fueled American launch vehicle developed during the early space age to place scientific satellites into low Earth orbit.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Scout rocket canonical	3
Scout launch vehicle	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expendable launch system ⓘ small-lift launch vehicle ⓘ solid-fueled rocket ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developer	NASA Langley Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
diameter	approximately 1.14 meters ⓘ
family	Scout launch vehicle family NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstFlightDate	1960-09-02 ⓘ
firstFlightLocation	Wallops Flight Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ
height	approximately 23 meters ⓘ
lastFlightDate	1994-05-09 ⓘ
launchSitesUsed	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Kodiak Launch Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ San Marco platform NERFINISHED ⓘ Vandenberg Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallops Flight Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchSuccessRate	approximately 87 percent ⓘ
manufacturer	NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ
massAtLiftoff	approximately 17,000 kilograms ⓘ
notableFeature	designed for relatively low-cost access to space for small payloads ⓘ first orbital launch vehicle to use only solid propellant stages ⓘ
numberOfStages	4 ⓘ
operatedBy	NASA ⓘ U.S. Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
orbitType	low Earth orbit ⓘ
payloadToLEO	approximately 210 kilograms ⓘ
primaryUse	orbital launch of scientific satellites ⓘ technology demonstration missions ⓘ
propellantType	solid propellant ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
successfulLaunches	103 ⓘ
totalLaunches	118 ⓘ
usedFor	international cooperative missions ⓘ military technology experiments ⓘ scientific research satellites ⓘ university payloads ⓘ
variant	Scout A NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout B NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout C NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout D NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout G NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout G-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout G-1A NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout G-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout G-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout X-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout X-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout X-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout X-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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SAS-2 → launchVehicle → Scout rocket ⓘ

SAS-3 → launchVehicle → Scout rocket ⓘ

UHURU → launchVehicle → Scout rocket ⓘ

Vanguard → followedBy → Scout rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scout launch vehicle