Algol IIIA
The Algol IIIA solid rocket motor used as the first stage of the four-stage Scout-G-1 launch vehicle. The exact motor/application is established by NASA sources; no single historical developer/manufacturer actor is assigned because the consulted records do not establish a canonical actor boundary for this specific designation.
Identity
- Aliases
- Algol 3AScout-G first-stage Algol IIIA
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- solid-rocket-motor
- Name
- Algol IIIA
- Status
- unknown
Details
- Description
- The Algol IIIA solid rocket motor used as the first stage of the four-stage Scout-G-1 launch vehicle. The exact motor/application is established by NASA sources; no single historical developer/manufacturer actor is assigned because the consulted records do not establish a canonical actor boundary for this specific designation.
- Propellants
- solid composite propellant
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 15:52:09 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 15:52:09 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- NASA's U.S. launch-vehicle table lists Scout stage 1 as Algol IIIA and identifies the all-solid four-stage Scout stack.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- Aeronautics and Space Report of the President, 1981
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- The NASA Scout-G-1 report describes the four-stage all-solid vehicle and its tandem propulsion-motor arrangement.
- Publisher
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- Title
- NASA News: Scout-G-1 launch vehicle