Original Scout B-1 was designed in 1957 at the NACA, at Langley center.
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Original Scout B-1 was designed in 1957 at the NACA, at Langley center.
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Scout B-1 A was used for launches of the Transit NNSS series, placing two satellites in orbit at the same time.
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Unlike the Thor or Atlas-Agena the Scout B-1 was non-military and could be sold to foreign customers.
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One of these was the XRM-89 Blue Scout B-1 I, which was a three-stage vehicle, using Castor 2 and an Antares 1A stages, but omitting the basic Scout B-1's Altair 4th stage.
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The second Blue Scout B-1 II carried a micrometeorite sampling experiment, but the recovery of the reentry capsule failed.
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