Azur
Scout B
German Aerospace Center
Mission
Azur
Type: Earth Science
NASA-GSFC and BMWF (German scientific research ministry) joint spacecraft designed to acquire data about the terrestrial radiation belt.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
714 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Rocket
Scout B – Vought
- Family: Scout
- Length: 25 m
- Diameter: 1.01 m
- Launch Mass: 17 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 143 kg
The Scout B was manufactured by Vought with the first launch on 1965-08-10. Scout B has 21 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 23 launches. The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.
Agency
German Aerospace Center – DLR
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: DLR
- Administration: Pascale Ehrenfreund
- Founded: 1969
- Spacecraft: Mars Express | Rosetta | Dawn
- Country: DEU
The German Aerospace Center is Germany’s Center for aerospace, energy, and transportation research. Their main work is as a contributor to the ESA. They have done work both in tandem with the US on Space Shuttle and the ISS, and also with other European Nations on missions like Space Lab and Mars Express.
