Black Arrow | Prospero
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Oct. 28, 1971, 4:09 a.m. - Oct. 28, 1971, 4:09 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Oct. 28, 1971, 4:09 a.m. - Oct. 28, 1971, 4:09 a.m.
British scientific satellite used to demonstrate technologies needed for communication satellites.
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.
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.
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