10 Facts About Scout rocket

Original Scout rocket was designed in 1957 at the NACA, at Langley center.

Scout rocket A was used for launches of the Transit NNSS series, placing two satellites in orbit at the same time.

Unlike the Thor or Atlas-Agena the Scout rocket was non-military and could be sold to foreign customers.

USAF Scout program was known as HETS or System 609A, and the rockets were generally referred to as Blue Scout.

The prime contractor for the NASA Scout rocket was LTV, but the Blue Scout rocket prime contractor was Ford Aeronutronics.

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One of these was the XRM-89 Blue Scout rocket I, which was a three-stage vehicle, using Castor 2 and an Antares 1A stages, but omitting the basic Scout rocket's Altair 4th stage.

XRM-90 Blue Scout II was a rocket of the U S Air Force's System 609A Blue Scout family.

The second Blue Scout rocket II carried a micrometeorite sampling experiment, but the recovery of the reentry capsule failed.

XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior was a rocket of the U S Air Force's System 609A Blue Scout family.

Blue Scout rocket Junior was regarded by the USAF as the most useful of the various Blue Scout rocket configurations.