The Scout family of rockets were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages. It was also the only vehicle of that type until the successful launch of the Japanese Lambda 4S in 1970.
The first launch of Scout B, in 1965.
First launch of satellite on Scout X-1 - Explorer 9, Wallops, 16 Feb 1961
Blue Scout I on LC-18 in 1961
Mercury-Scout 1, an Air Force Blue Scout II launched for NASA
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. Satellites have a variety of uses, including communication relay, weather forecasting, navigation (GPS), broadcasting, scientific research, and Earth observation. Additional military uses are reconnaissance, early warning, signals intelligence and, potentially, weapon delivery. Other satellites include the final rocket stages that place satellites in orbit and formerly useful satellites that later become defunct.
Two CubeSats orbiting around Earth after being deployed from the ISS Kibō module's Small Satellite Orbital Deployer
Replica of the Sputnik 1
Firing of Deep Space 1's ion thruster
The International Space Station's black solar panels on the left and white radiators on the right