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Black Arrow

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
13 m
Diameter
2 m
Mass
18,000 kg
Stages
3
Payload to LEO
135 kg
First flight
1969-06-27
Total launches
2
Success / Fail
1 / 1

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.

Payloads it launched · 1

PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW)
LEO