SLV-1B Blue Scout Junior
SLV-1B was the operational four-stage form of Blue Scout Junior and was effectively equivalent to the XRM-91 stack. The Air Force launched it seven times from July 1963 through June 1965 with magnetospheric research payloads.
Identity
- Aliases
- Standard Launch Vehicle 1BBlue Scout Junior SLV-1B
- Family Name
- Blue Scout Junior
- Full Name
- SLV-1B Blue Scout Junior
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- slv-1b-blue-scout-junior
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- SLV-1B
Details
- Description
- SLV-1B was the operational four-stage form of Blue Scout Junior and was effectively equivalent to the XRM-91 stack. The Air Force launched it seven times from July 1963 through June 1965 with magnetospheric research payloads.
- Diameter M
- 0.79
- First Flight Year
- 1,963
- Height M
- 12.34
- Last Flight Year
- 1,965
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 6,300
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Stages Count
- 4
Links
- Official Url
- https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0423703.pdf
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 03:33:41 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 03:33:41 UTC