Scout E-1 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Vought. It stands 25.0 m tall, lifts 200 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 3 June 1974. 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
OPS-12/SPEC
ON FILE
Height25.0 m
Diameter1.1 m
Payload to LEO200 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight3 June 1974
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
OPS-12/STAT
ON RECORD
Total flights1
Successful1
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantE-1
About Scout E-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.
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ZHP Polish Scouting Association Brownie in uniform·Krzysztof Mizera · CC BY-SA 4.0·Wikimedia Commons ↗
BSA leadership at the 1937 Scout Jamboree-E. Urner Goodman, Walter Head, James E. West·Harris & Ewing. (Trimmed and uploaded by JGHowes ) · public domain·Wikimedia Commons ↗
Scout Dike reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 570651·Steve F · CC BY-SA 2.0·Wikimedia Commons ↗
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Common questions
How many times has Scout E-1 flown?
1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
What is Scout E-1's success rate?
100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
How much can Scout E-1 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Scout E-1 at 200 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Scout E-1 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Scout E-1 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.
