Satellite launch vehicle based on X-17.

Manufacturer: Vought. Launches: 5. Failures: 1. Success Rate: 80.00%. First Launch Date: 1961-08-30. Last Launch Date: 1964-04-10. Launch data is: complete. LEO Payload: 99 kg (218 lb). to: 413 km Orbit.

5 stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor + 1 x Skat + 1 x Skat + 1 x Recruit

Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Core Diameter: 0.79 m (2.59 ft).

3 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Castor + 1 x Antares + 1 x Alcor

Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 235.000 kN (52,830 lbf). Total Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Core Diameter: 0.79 m (2.59 ft). Total Length: 12.60 m (41.30 ft).

1961 August 30 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: RAM. Model: RAM A. LV Configuration: RAM A RAM A-1.

• RAM A-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 1,280 km (790 mi). References: 1720.

• RAM A-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). References: 1720.

• RAM B-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Class: Technology. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi). References: 5, 126, 1720.

• RAM B-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Class: Technology. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi). References: 5, 1760.

• RAM B-3 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Class: Technology. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 5, 1720.

• McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

• Emme, Eugene M, Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space 1915-1960, NASA, 1961. Accessed at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html.