Black Arrow | Prospero

Launch information

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Mission description

British scientific satellite used to demonstrate technologies needed for communication satellites.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Black Arrow | Prospero’.

Launch image Black Arrow | Prospero

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Oct. 28, 1971, 4:09 a.m.

Timezone: Australia/Adelaide

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Prospero (LEO)

Launcher

Royal Aircraft Establishment

Rocket

Black Arrow

Location

RAAF Woomera Range Complex

Pad

Launch Area 5B

Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Black Arrow | Prospero’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
5580 PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW) LEO 82.04 UNITED KINGDOM In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Black Arrow | Prospero’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#1269

To this date

Location Launch

#6

To this date

Pad Launch

#2

To this date

Agency Launch

#2

To this date

Orbital Launch

#102

Year 1971

Location Launch

#1

Year 1971

Pad Launch

#1

Year 1971

Agency Launch

#1

Year 1971

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On the 50th anniversary of Black Arrow, British space industry is on the verge of a return

Fifty years ago, a small rocket lifted off from the Australian Outback on a mission of contradictions. While the launch of Black Arrow R3 with the Prospero satellite aboard would be Britain’s first successful satellite launch, it also marked the end of th...


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