Royal Aircraft Establishment Black Arrow X-2
Black Arrow
Status
Failure
Date
2 SEP 1970
00:34
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Black Arrow
Mission Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
13 m
Diameter
2 m
Launch Mass
18 T
Thrust
256 kN
