AeroVia Logo
AeroVia
Home
Resources
Courses
Community
About
Back to Vehicle Families

Scout X-3A

Scout X-3A added a NOTS-17 reentry-test motor above the four-stage X-3 stack. Its two flights in 1962 and 1963 carried Reentry Heating Experiments 2 and 3.

Scout X-3A
NASA / NASA Langley Research Center · NASA-owned asset; the exact NASA Images API record LRC-1965-B701_P-07597 identifies this byte-matched photograph as a 1965 Scout launch-vehicle lift-off on Wallops Island and credits NASA at NASA Langley Research Center. NASA’s current Images and Media Usage Guidelines generally permit factual or informational/editorial use with NASA attribution and without implying NASA endorsement. NASA insignia and identifiers, third-party material, identifiable-person rights, and commercial, promotional, merchandise, or other protected-rights uses may require separate clearance; verify before such use. · Source
Follow this vehicle family

Future launches and major activity directly linked to this vehicle family.

Identity

Aliases
Scout X3AScout-X3A
Family Name
Scout
Full Name
Scout X-3A
Status
retired
Type
rocket
Variant Name
X-3A

Details

Description
Scout X-3A added a NOTS-17 reentry-test motor above the four-stage X-3 stack. Its two flights in 1962 and 1963 carried Reentry Heating Experiments 2 and 3.
First Flight Year
1,962
Last Flight Year
1,963
Operator
Parent Vehicle Family
Rocket Specs
Reusability
expendable
Stages Count
5

Links

Official Url
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sp-4012v2.pdf
Wikipedia Url
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family)#Variants

Assets & Meta

Creation Time
July 17, 2026 at 15:00:07 UTC
Updated Time
July 19, 2026 at 09:52:45 UTC
Image
Download

Other

Search Name
Scout X-3A Scout X3A Scout-X3A