The Scout Launch Vehicle program
Abstract
The Scout Launch Vehicle Program to utilize solid propellant rockets by the DOD and to provide a reliable, low cost vehicle for scientific and applications aircraft is discussed. The program's history is reviewed and a vehicle description is given. The Vandenberg Air Force Base and the San Marco launch sites are described, and capabilities such as payload weight, orbital inclinations, payload volume and mission integration time spans are discussed. Current and future plans for improvement, including larger heat shields and individual rocket motors are also reviewed.
- Publication:
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The Year of the Shuttle
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981yesh.proc....6F
- Keywords:
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- Launch Vehicle Configurations;
- Scout Launch Vehicle;
- Solid Propellant Rocket Engines;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Histories;
- Launching Bases;
- Nasa Programs;
- Payloads;
- Reusable Heat Shielding;
- Space Missions;
- Technological Forecasting;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles