Scout Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year Page 2 of 3: Scout A-G and Scout Totals (1960-1994) L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) Scout Scout Scout Scout Scout Scout Scout Scout Scout A/A-1 B/B-1 B/B-1 D/E/F-1 D/E/F-1 G-1 Suborb Orbit All Orb Sub* Orb Sub* Orb Orb Totals Totals Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1960 - - - - - - - 3(2) 1(1) 4(3) 1961 - - - - - - - 5(1) 4(3) 9(4) 1962 - - - - - - - 4(3) 5(2) 9(5) 1963 - - - - - - - 2(1) 7(3) 9(4) 1964 - - - - - - - 3(0) 8(1) 11(1) 1965 1(0) - 1(0) - - - - - 5(0) 5(0) 1966 4(0) - 4(0) - - - - 1(0) 8(0) 9(0) 1967 4(0) 1(0) 4(2) - - - - 1(0) 8(2) 9(2) 1968 1(0) 1(0) 4(1) - - - - 2(0) 5(1) 7(1) 1969 - - 2(0) - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1970 1(0) 1(0) 2(0) - - - - 1(0) 3(0) 4(0) 1971 - 2(0) 5(0) - - - - 2(0) 5(0) 7(0) 1972 - - 1(0) - 4(0) - - - 5(0) 5(0) 1973 1(0) - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1974 - - 1(0) - 5(1) - - - 6(1) 6(1) 1975 - - - - 3(1) - - - 3(1) 3(1) 1976 - - 1(0) 1(0) 1(0) - - 1(0) 2(0) 3(0) 1977 - - - - 1(0) - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1978 - - - - 1(0) - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1979 - - - - 2(0) 1(0) - - 3(0) 3(0) 1980 - - - - - - - - - - 1981 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) 1982 - - - - - - - - - - 1983 - - - - 1(0) - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1984 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) 1985 - - - - - 2(0) - - 2(0) 2(0) 1986 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) 1987 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) 1988 - - - - - 4(0) - - 4(0) 4(0) 1989 - - - - - - - - - - 1990 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) 1991 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) 1992 - - - - - 2(0) - - 2(0) 2(0) 1993 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) 1994 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) 1995 - - - - - - - - - - 1996 - - - - - - - - - - 1997 - - - - - - - - - - 1998 - - - - - - - - - - 1999 - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scout Scout Scout Scout Scout Scout Scout Scout Scout A/A-1 B/B-1 B/B-1 D/E/F-1 D/E/F-1 G-1 Suborb Orbit All Orb Sub* Orb Sub* Orb Orb Totals Totals Totals L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suborb - 5(0) - 1(0) - - 25(7) - - Orbit 12(0) - 25(3) - 18(2) 17(0) - 100(15) - Totals 12(0) 5(0) 25(3) 1(0) 18(2) 17(0) - - 125(22) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: * Suborbital flights Scout Models Vehicle Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blue Scout I Algol 1B Castor 1A Antares 1A - - Blue Scout II Algol 1B Castor 1A Antares 1A Altair 1A - X Algol 1A Dummy Antares 1A Dummy - X-1 Algol 1B/C Castor 1A Antares 1A Altair 1A - X-1A Algol 1C Castor 1A Antares 1A Altair 1A NOTS-17 X-2 Algol 1C/D Castor 1A Antares 2A Altair 1A - X-2B Algol 1D Castor 1A Antares 2A Altair 2A - X-2M Algol 1D Castor 1A Antares 2A MG-18 - X-3 Algol 2A Castor 1A Antares 2A Altair 1A - X-4 Algol 2A/B Castor 1A Antares 2A Altair 2A - X-4A Algol 2B Castor 1A Antares 2A Altair 2A NOTS-17 X-5C Algol 2B Castor 1A Antares 2A - - A Algol 2B Castor 2A Antares 2A Altair 2A - A1 Algol 2C Castor 2A Antares 2A Altair 2A - B Algol 2B Castor 2A Antares 2A Altair 3 - B1 Algol 2C Castor 2A Antares 2B Altair 3 - D1 Algol 3A Castor 2A Antares 2A Altair 3 - E1 Algol 3A Castor 2A Antares 2B Altair 3 Alcyone 1A F1 Algol 3A Castor 2A Antares 2B Altair 3A - G1 Algol 3A Castor 2A Antares 3A Altair 3A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" TRW Space Log 1957-1996, TRW Space & Electronics Group, Redondo Beach, CA. Last Update 02/15/2019 by Ed Kyle