LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Wed Sep 02 1970
Royal Aircraft Establishment
X-2
Launch Failure
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Black ArrowDescription:
Black Arrow was a British satellite carrier rocket. Developed during the 1960s, it was used for four launches between 1969 and 1971. Its final flight was the first and only successful orbital launch to be conducted by the United Kingdom, and placed the Prospero satellite into low Earth orbit.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Test Flight
- Uninstrumented spherical satellite meant to enable atmospheric density measurements by observing its orbital decay. It was destroyed in the failure of the first Black Arrow orbital launch failure.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
RAAF Woomera Range Complex
Pad
Launch Area 5B