In orbitRocket body

SCOUT A R/B

NORAD: 2967
COSPAR: 1967-092B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Alleghany Ballistic Laboratories (USN/Hercules Powder Co)
Owner: NASA Langley Research Center
Platform (bus): Altair
Mass at launch: 33 kg
Dry mass: 33 kg
Length: 1.5 m
Diameter: 0.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S02967, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1967-09-25
Rocket: Scout A
Flight: NNS O-14 (N-12)
Mission name: NNS O-14
Launch site: Soviet Armed Forces, SLC5
Launched by: USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1967-092

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1967-092, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1967-09-25
Period: 106.5 min
Inclination: 89.26°
Apogee: 1,099 km
Perigee: 1,028 km
Radar cross-section: 0.4018 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Debris9 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit