Scout X
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| Function | Test vehicle |
|---|---|
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | Vought |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | United States |
| Size | |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 21.6 metres (71 ft) |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 1.02 metres (3 ft 4 in) |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 16,700 kilograms (36,800 lb) |
| Stages | Two |
| Associated rockets | |
| Family | Scout |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | Scout X-1 |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Retired |
| Launch sites | Wallops LA-3 |
| Total launches | 1 |
| Failure | 1 |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 1960-04-18 |
| First stage – Algol 1A | |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 1 solid |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 471 kilonewtons (106,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 236 sec |
| Burn time | 40 seconds |
| Propellant | Solid |
| Second stage – Antares 1A | |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 1 X-254 |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 60 kilonewtons (13,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 256 sec |
| Burn time | 39 seconds |
| Propellant | 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.
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