USAF Blue Scout Jr Blue Scout D-1

Name: USAF Blue Scout Jr Blue Scout D-1
Start: 1960-09-21T13:01:53.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 18A

Blue Scout Jr

Status

Success

Date

21 SEP 1960

13:01

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 18A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

The flight planned to make radiation and magnetic field measurements at 26700km from Earth. While the rocket achieved this altitude the telemetry system failed so no data was received.

Rocket

Blue Scout Jr

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior (sometimes called Journeyman B) was a rocket of the U.S. Air Force's System 609A Blue Scout family.

Height

12.4 m

Diameter

0.79 m

Launch Mass

5 T

Thrust

222 kN