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Vehicle family profile

Scout

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

Manufacturer unknownRetired
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Variants
13
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
65
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
Unknown
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
196850
196920
197030
197150
197210
197310
197410
197610

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource

No performance specs

No structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
P76-5 Mission
Scout B-1
May 22, 1976
Ariel 5 Mission
Scout B-1
Oct 15, 1974
NNS O-20 (N-15)
Scout A-1
Oct 30, 1973
Triad

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Blue Scout II
Not stated1Retired
Scout A
Not stated11Retired
Scout A-1
Not stated1Retired
Scout B
Not stated20Retired
Scout B-1 F
Sep 2, 1972
Ariel 4 Mission
Scout B-1 F
Dec 11, 1971
Explorer 45
Scout B
Nov 15, 1971
Eole Mission
Scout B-1 F
Aug 16, 1971
Explorer 44
Scout B
Jul 8, 1971

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Scout B-1
Not stated2Retired
Scout B-1 F
Not stated3Retired
Scout X-1
Not stated4Retired
Scout X-2
Not stated1Retired
Scout X-2B
Not stated1Retired
Scout X-2M
Not stated3Retired
Scout X-3
Not stated5Retired
Scout X-3M
Not stated1Retired
Scout X-4
Not stated12Retired
Track
Mentions
141
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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The NASA SBIR award to SCOUT Inc. is expected to advance autonomy and resilience across various NASA applications.

PlanGeneralValue 2.0Jun 1, 2022SCOUT wins NASA SBIR award

SCOUT Inc. has been selected for a NASA SBIR award to enhance relative navigation for autonomous rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking.

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RelationshipsCapabilityLegalPlanValue 4.0Jun 1, 2022SCOUT wins NASA SBIR award

SCOUT's navigation capabilities are being adopted by Orbit Fab and Momentus, with considerations from additional commercial and Defense users.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.8Jun 1, 2022SCOUT wins NASA SBIR award

NanoMagSat was selected as an ESA Scout candidate for an initial feasibility consolidation phase in 2020.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0May 30, 2022Open Cosmos signs contract with ESA to develop the smallsat NanoMagSat constellation concept

NanoMagSat was selected in 2020 as a candidate for an ESA Scout mission.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.0May 27, 2022UK’s Open Cosmos gets ESA funding for space weather constellation

NanoMagSat was selected as an ESA Scout candidate for an initial feasibility consolidation phase in 2020.

PlanGovernanceValue 3.8May 27, 2022Open Cosmos signs contract with the European Space Agency to progress key elements of the NanoMagSat mission concept

NorthStar, Privateer, Scout, Spaceable, and Digantara are startups developing businesses to improve space situational awareness data.

GeneralValue 2.0May 2, 2022Vyoma agrees data management partnership for SSA constellation

Momentus selected SCOUT in December 2021 to deliver spacecraft vision capabilities for its upcoming missions.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Mar 30, 2022SCOUT + USSPACECOM Sign An SSA Agreement

SCOUT’s in-space products and services, first launched in June 2021, enable spacecraft to see and understand objects and conditions around them.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Mar 30, 2022SCOUT + USSPACECOM Sign An SSA Agreement

SCOUT has been operating in space since June 2021 following the launch of the SCOUT-Vision proximity operation system.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Mar 30, 2022SCOUT + USSPACECOM Sign An SSA Agreement

SCOUT Inc. and the U.S. Department of Defense, through United States Space Command, signed an agreement in November 2021 for space situational awareness services and data.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Mar 30, 2022SCOUT + USSPACECOM Sign An SSA Agreement

In 2022 SCOUT announced Autonomy Software for spacecraft that includes computer vision and guidance software intended to make navigation safer and less complex for space operators.

CapabilityValue 3.5Mar 30, 2022SCOUT + USSPACECOM Sign An SSA Agreement

SCOUT has been operating in space since June 2021 following the launch of its SCOUT-Vision proximity operation system.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0Mar 17, 2022SCOUT Successfully Completes Bridge Round To Fund Milestones, Including Their OVER-SAT Mission

SCOUT’s in-space products and services, first launched in June 2021, enable spacecraft to see and understand objects around them.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0Mar 17, 2022SCOUT Successfully Completes Bridge Round To Fund Milestones, Including Their OVER-SAT Mission

SCOUT opened a Seed fundraising round earlier 2022-03.

FinancialValue 1.8Mar 17, 2022SCOUT Successfully Completes Bridge Round To Fund Milestones, Including Their OVER-SAT Mission

The bridge funding round is intended to position SCOUT to achieve SCOUT-Vision production readiness and support the launch of SCOUT’s first OVER-Sat mission in 2023.

PlanFinancialValue 3.8Mar 17, 2022SCOUT Successfully Completes Bridge Round To Fund Milestones, Including Their OVER-SAT Mission

Momentus selected SCOUT in December 2021 to deliver spacecraft vision capabilities for its upcoming missions.

RelationshipsValue 3.6Mar 17, 2022SCOUT Successfully Completes Bridge Round To Fund Milestones, Including Their OVER-SAT Mission

SCOUT has raised $1,500,000 in venture capital to date.

FinancialValue 4.0Mar 17, 2022SCOUT Successfully Completes Bridge Round To Fund Milestones, Including Their OVER-SAT Mission

SCOUT will provide Momentus with optical sensing and relative navigation capabilities to support rendezvous and proximity operations starting in 2022.

CapabilityPlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 27, 2022Autonomy Software That Makes Navigation Safer + Less Complex For Space Operators Debuts From SCOUT

The first SCOUT-Vision system was launched into orbit in June 2021.

PlanValue 3.0Jan 27, 2022Autonomy Software That Makes Navigation Safer + Less Complex For Space Operators Debuts From SCOUT