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[edit] Scout E-1
JSR once wrote:
The BE-3 "Alcyone" rocket has an interesting history, it was originally the retro-rocket used to try and land the Block II Ranger probes on the Moon in 1962. It was used on the Vela satellites as an apogee motor, as the third stage of the Redstone/SPARTA rocket used to launch Australia's first satellite WRESAT in 1967, and as the fifth stage of the Scout E-1 launch vehicle, used only once in 1974 to launch the Hawkeye satellite. This comes to a total of 27 flights that I am aware of, any more examples gratefully received.
So if this can be verified, it makes this the only use of a Scout E-1. The notability of this would be a rationale for rating the article "spaceflight-importance=Mid." Is there another (better) source for this info? (sdsds - talk) 18:45, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
