USAF Blue Scout Jr O-1

Name: USAF Blue Scout Jr O-1
Start: 1961-08-17T14:29:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 18A

Blue Scout Jr

Status

Success

Date

17 AUG 1961

14:29

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 18A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

A flight to measure particle densities in the Van Allen belts.

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