SERC Scout D-1 Miranda
Scout D-1
Status
Success
Date
9 MAR 1974
02:22
Launch Provider
Science and Engineering Research Council
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Overview
British experimental satellite designed to test a three-axis gyro system for attitude control.
Rocket
Scout D-1
Mission Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
25 m
Diameter
1.14 m
Launch Mass
20 T
Thrust
464 kN