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Blue Scout Jr
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The XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior (sometimes called Journeyman B) was a rocket of the U.S. Air Force's System 609A Blue Scout family.
Key figures
Total launches
8
Successes
8
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
8
Maiden flight
Sep 21, 1960
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
10d 2h
Planned launches
0
Blue Scout family total
9 launches · 8 successes · 1 failures (2 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Blue Scout Jr” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Blue Scout family totals 9 launches across 2 variants.
Technology
Length
12.4 m
Diameter
0.79 m
Launch mass
5 t
Liftoff thrust
222 kN
Stages
4
Launches per year
of which in our database: 8
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia