1970 · Royal Aircraft Establishment
X-2
failureBlack Arrow | X-2
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 2, 1970 at 12:34 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Launch Area 5B
- Mission
- X-2
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit