SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978
 

Table 1-28. Listing of Scout Vehicles.

 

Vehicle Serial #

Date

Mission

Successful*

.

S-172C

Oct. 1, 1969

ESRO IB

Yes

S- 169C

Nov. 7, 1969

Azur (GRS- 1)

Yes

S- 171C

Sept. 30, 1970

RAM C-3

Yes

S-174C

Nov. 9, 1970

Orbiting Frog Otolith-Radiation Meteoroid Satellite

Yes

S-175C

Dec. 12, 1970

Explorer 42

Yes

S-173C

April 24, 1971

San Marco 3

Yes

S-144CR

June 20, 1971

Planetary Atmosphere Experiments Test

Yes

S-177C

July 8, 1971

Explorer 43

Yes

S-180C

Aug. 16, 1971

Eole

Yes

S-166CR

Sept. 20, 1971

Barium-ion cloud probe

Yes

S-163CR

Nov. 15, 1971

Explorer 45

Yes

S-183C

Dec. 11, 1971

Ariel 4

Yes

S-184C

Aug. 13, 1972

Explorer 46

Yes

S-182C

Sept. 2, 1972

Triad 01-IX

Yes

S-170CR

Nov. 15, 1972

Explorer 48

Yes

S-185C

Nov. 21, 1972

ESRO 4

Yes

S-181C

Dec. 16, 1972

Aeros I

Yes

S-178C

Oct. 29, 1973

Nnss 0-20

Yes

S-190C

Feb 18, 1974

San Marco 4

Yes

S-188C

March 8, 1974

Miranda

Yes

S-191C

June 3, 1974

Explorer 52

Yes

S-186C

July 16, 1974

Aeros 2

Yes

S-189C

Aug. 30, 1974

Ans 1

Partial; due to 1 st-stage guidance system malfunction, payload was not inserted into planned orbit

S-187C

Oct. 15, 1974

Ariel 5

Yes

S-194C

May 7, 1975

Explorer 53

Yes

S-195C

Oct. 12, 1975

Triad 2

Yes

S-196C

Dec. 5, 1975

Dual Air Density Satellite

No; due to 3d-stage malfunction

S-179CR

May 22, 1976

P76-5 Wideband

Yes

S-193C

June 18, 1976

Gravity Probe I

Yes

S-197C

Sept. 1, 1976

Triad 3

Yes

S-200C

Oct. 28, 1977

TRANSIT

Yes

S-201C

April 26, 1978

Heat Capacity Mapping Mission

Yes

* 2 failures-partial failures out of 32 attempts (93.7% successful).

 


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