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Black Arrow
Launched 1970-09-02 00:34:05 UTCLaunch Area 5B, RAAF Woomera Range Complex
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Black Arrow lifted off with X-2, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What Royal Aircraft Establishment finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
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.
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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