Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B (HETS D-1) [USAF] |
Blue-Scout-jr SLV1C [Scott Murdock] |
RAM-B [NASA] |
Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
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Blue-Scout-jr SLV-1B | Castor-1 (XM-33E8) | Antares-1A (X-254-A1) | Alcor (AJ10-41) | Cetus (NOTS-100A) |
Blue-Scout-jr SLV-1B mod. | Castor-1 (XM-33E8) | Antares-1A (X-254-A1) | Alcor (AJ10-41) | - |
Blue-Scout-jr SLV-1C (MER-6A) | Castor-1 (XM-33E8) | Antares-1A (X-254-A1) | Altair (X-248) | - |
RAM-B | Castor-1 (XM-33E8) | Antares-1A (X-254-A1) | Alcor (AJ10-41) | - |
No. TypNo Serial Type LS Date Payload
1 1 D-1 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B CC LC-18A * P 21.09.1960 HETS D-1 (Radiation Probe 1) 2 2 D-2 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B CC LC-18A * F 08.11.1960 HETS D-2 (Radiation Probe 2) 3 3 0-1 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B CC LC-18A * 17.08.1961 HETS O-1 (Radiation Probe 3) 4 4 0-3 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B Va LC-A * 04.12.1961 HETS O-3 (Radiation Probe 4) 5 1 102 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1C Va LC-A * 31.05.1962 Beanstalk 1 (ERCS 1) 6 2 101 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1C Va LC-A * 24.07.1962 Beanstalk 2 (ERCS 2) 7 1 --- RAM-B WI * F 21.09.1962 RAM-B 1 8 3 201 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1C Va LC-A * 21.11.1962 Beanstalk 3 (ERCS 3) 9 1 21-1 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B mod. Va LC-A * 19.12.1962 (Ion Engine Test 1) 10 4 202 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1C Va LC-A * 02.02.1963 Beanstalk 4 (ERCS 4) 11 5 203 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1C Va LC-A * 14.03.1963 Beanstalk 5 (ERCS 5) 12 6 301 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1C Va LC-A * 17.05.1963 Beanstalk 6 (ERCS 6) 13 2 --- RAM-B WI * 28.05.1963 RAM-B 2 14 5 AD-622 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B CC LC-18A * 30.07.1963 OAR 22-1 (Space Radio Project, SRP) 15 7 302 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1C Va LC-A * 17.12.1963 Beanstalk 7 (ERCS 7) 16 6 AD-623 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B CC LC-18A * P 13.03.1964 OAR 22-2 (Magnetosphere Probe) 17 3 --- RAM-B WI * 10.04.1964 RAM-B 3 18 2 21-2 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B mod. Va LC-A * 29.08.1964 (Ion Engine Test 2) 19 3 21-3 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B mod. Va LC-A * P 21.12.1964 (Ion Engine Test 3) 20 7 22-3 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B CC LC-18A * F 28.01.1965 OAR 22-3 (Probe) 21 8 22-4 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B CC LC-18A * 30.03.1965 OAR 22-4 (Magnetosphere Probe) 22 9 22-9 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B CC LC-18A * 09.04.1965 OAR 22-9 (Radiation Effects) 23 10 22-8 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B CC LC-18A * 12.05.1965 OAR 22-8 (Magnetic Field) 24 11 22-5 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1B CC LC-18A * 09.06.1965 OAR 22-5 (Radiation Effects) 25 8 NB22.208 Blue-Scout-jr SLV1C WI * 25.11.1970 (UV Astronomy) Launch sites: CC = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA Va = Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA WI = Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA The RAM-B vehicle is de facto a 3 stage Blue-Scout junior
Source: Jonathan McDowell