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{{Short description|U.S. sounding rocket, 1961}}
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|function = [[Expendable launch system]]<br/>[[Sounding rocket]]
|manufacturer = [[Vought]]
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The '''RM-90 Blue Scout II''' was an
The Blue Scout II was a military version of the [[NASA]]-operated [[Scout X-1]].
==Launches==
All three launches occurred from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18|Launch Complex 18B]] at the [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]], the same launch pad used for the [[RM-89 Blue Scout I|Blue Scout I]].
The first two launches were successfully conducted on 3 March and 12 April 1961 respectively, using vehicles D-4 and D-5.
They both carried [[HETS A2]] [[plasma (physics)|plasma]] research experiments on [[suborbital]] trajectories.
The third launch was conducted on 1 November, using vehicle D-8, with the [[Mercury-Scout 1]] satellite for [[NASA]], which was intended to reach [[low Earth orbit]]. The launch failed after the rocket went out of control, and was destroyed by the [[range safety officer]] 43 seconds after liftoff.
==References==
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/scout.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917030602/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/scout.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2008|title=Scout|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|
*{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_fam/scout.htm|title=Scout|last=Krebs|first=Gunter|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|
*{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/launch/Scout|title=Scout|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|work=Orbital & Suborbital Launch Database|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|
*{{cite web|url=http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app3/lv-1.html|title=LTV SLV-1 Scout|publisher=Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles|work=Appendix 3: Space Vehicles|first=Jos|last=Heyman|
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{{Vought aircraft}}
{{Scout rockets}}
{{USAF missiles}}
{{Orbital launch systems}}
[[Category:1961 in spaceflight]]
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