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.
The Scout Launch Vehicle program
In: The year of the Shuttle ; 1981 ; Cocoa Beach, FL
1981-01-01
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Online Contents | 1994
|AIAA | 1994
|Scout Launch Vehicle, Phases 4 and 5
NTIS | 1974
|Scout launch vehicle, phases 4 and 5
NTRS | 1974
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