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Rocket file · LV-357

Scout A-1

Vought · Scout · RETIRED

Scout A-1 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Vought. It stands 22.0 m tall, first flew on 30 October 1973. It has flown 1 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height22.0 m
Diameter1.0 m
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight30 October 1973
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights1
Successful1
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantA-1

About Scout A-1

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.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Scout A-1 is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Removal of hot box containing NEA Scout spacecraft from Thermal Vacuum Chamber V15   1 of 2
Removal of hot box containing NEA Scout spacecraft from Thermal Vacuum Chamber V15 1 of 2NASA / MSFC · public domainNASA ↗
PRO Imagery Submittal - Faraday-Girl Scouts
PRO Imagery Submittal - Faraday-Girl ScoutsNASA / JSC · public domainNASA ↗
PRO Imagery Submittal - Faraday-Girl Scouts
PRO Imagery Submittal - Faraday-Girl ScoutsNASA / JSC · public domainNASA ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Scout A-1 flown?
1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
What is Scout A-1's success rate?
100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
How much can Scout A-1 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Scout A-1.
Is Scout A-1 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Scout A-1 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.