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Black Arrow
Launched 1971-10-28 04:09:29 UTCLaunch Area 5B, RAAF Woomera Range Complex
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
104th
orbital launch attempt in 1971
Royal Aircraft Establishment
1st
launch this year
Launch Area 5B
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
421 d 3 h
since the pad's previous launch
British scientific satellite used to demonstrate technologies needed for communication satellites.
The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), before finally losing its identity in mergers with other institutions.
Launches
2
Successful
1
50%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
13m
Diameter
2m
To low Earth orbit
135kg
Liftoff thrust
256kN
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