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Scout B is an expendable launch vehicle built by Vought. It stands 25.0 m tall, lifts 143 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 10 August 1965. It has flown 23 times with 21 successes, a success rate of 91.3%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
OPS-12/SPEC
ON FILE
Height25.0 m
Diameter1.0 m
Payload to LEO143 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight10 August 1965
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$8.7M
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
OPS-12/STAT
ON RECORD
Total flights23
Successful21
Failed2
Success rate91.3%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantB
About Scout B
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.
