Ed,Is that a launch configuration, or are they lifting the booster to the gantry?
Attached is a user's guide for an early version of Scout.
I have a file labeled Blue Scout Jr. with a bunch of photos in it. These are smaller files, but I might have them at much higher-res. A number of years ago I collected a bunch of excellent Scout photos. I'd just need to find them.Update: Okay, I found my BSJ photos in higher-res. I think I also have a ton of photos of Scout at Wallops, all black and white. NASA HQ has a great file on that. At least several dozen high-quality prints from the 1960s.
In addition to most Blue Scouts, we are missing good DSAP-1 Scout images, among others, in case you have any.
What's DSAP-1 Scout? Is that the payload or a Scout variant?
Quote from: Blackstar on 02/23/2019 12:27 pmWhat's DSAP-1 Scout? Is that the payload or a Scout variant?Defense Systems Application Program or Program 417, now DMSP.
Quote from: Proponent on 02/21/2019 12:54 pmAttached is a user's guide for an early version of Scout.This guide was for SLV-1B, which was Blue Scout Junior. Blue Scout Junior had a Castor first stage motor. Castor was the second stage for Scout (SLV-1) and Blue Scout. - Ed Kyle
The Navy Transit launches came next, beginning in late 1962. Photos of those are also rarer than photos of the Wallops Scouts.Rarest of all may be images of the first West Coast Scout, which attempted to orbit Poppy 2 (Solrad 4B) on April 26, 1962.
Dec 3, 2023The Scout rocket was developed be engineers at Langley and flew over 100 times from 1960 to 1994, and yet somehow people forget that it existed, eclipsed by Shuttle, Saturn, Titan, Atlas, Thor and Delta.
A small addition to my Scout rocket video - in the late 80’s there was serious investigation into ‘Scout 2’, or as we might call it, Scout Heavy.