Transit-5A 2
Scout X-3
United States Air Force
Launch Status
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Transit-5A 2
Type: Navigation
Operational prototype satellite
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 X-3 – Vought
- Family: Scout
- Length: 24 m
- Diameter: 1.01 m
- Launch Mass: 17 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 87 kg
The Scout X-3 was manufactured by Vought with the first launch on 1962-12-16. Scout X-3 has 4 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 5 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
United States Air Force – USAF
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: USAF
- Country: USA
