Scout A-F Operational Series
The Scout A-F Operational Series comprises the incremental operational configurations that followed NASA’s 1963 recertification. These four-stage solid vehicles retained the Algol, Castor, Antares, and Altair stage sequence while successive motor and avionics upgrades increased payload performance for scientific, international, and defense missions.
Identity
- Aliases
- Scout AScout BScout CScout DScout EScout F
- Family Name
- Scout
- Full Name
- Scout A-F Operational Series
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- scout-a-f-operational-series
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- A-F
Details
- Description
- The Scout A-F Operational Series comprises the incremental operational configurations that followed NASA’s 1963 recertification. These four-stage solid vehicles retained the Algol, Castor, Antares, and Altair stage sequence while successive motor and avionics upgrades increased payload performance for scientific, international, and defense missions.
- First Flight Year
- 1,963
- Height M
- 22.25
- Last Flight Year
- 1,979
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 17,144
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7wnsrzj0s7khhxfk5x2vy6tx8ae8sy
- Stages Count
- 4
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:00:32 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:00:32 AM