The Scout X-2B was an American

expendable launch system An expendable launch system (or expendable launch vehicle/ELV) is a launch vehicle that can be launched only once, after which its components are destroyed during reentry or impact with Earth, or discarded in space. ELVs typically consist of s ...

which was flown during 1963. It was a four-stage rocket, based on the earlier

Scout X-2 Scout X-2 was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket which was flown twice in 1962. It was a four-stage rocket, based on the earlier Scout X-1, uprated first and third stages. It was a member of the Scout (rocket family), Scout f ...

, but with an Altair 2A fourth stage in place of the Altair 1A used on the X-2. It was a member of the

Scout Scout may refer to: Youth movement *Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement ** Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom ** Scouts BSA, sect ...

family of rockets. The Scout X-2 was an all-solid rocket, with an Algol 1D first stagea

Castor 1A Castor is a family of solid-fuel rocket Multistage rocket, stages and solid rocket booster, boosters built by Thiokol (now Northrop Grumman) and used on a variety of launch vehicles. They were initially developed as the second-stage motor of the S ...

second stage, an Antares 2A third stage, and an Altair 2A fourth stage. It made only one flight, which was launched from Launch Complex D at Point Arguello, carrying a P-35 weather satellites, P35-5. The launch occurred on 27 September 1963, and failed to achieve orbit.

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* * * * 1963 in spaceflight X-2B {{rocket-stub