Payload
PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW)
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PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW) is a United Kingdom payload satellite, launched on October 28, 1971 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 28, 1971 at 04:09 AM UTC
- Launch site
- WOMRA
- Launched by
- Black Arrow →
- Operator
- Royal Aircraft Establishment
- Mission
- Prospero
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,252 km
- Periapsis
- 525 km
- Inclination
- 82.04°
- Orbital period
- 102.74 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United Kingdom
- Launch mass
- 65.41 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1971-093A
- NORAD catalog №
- 5580
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Kingdom- Radar cross-section
- 0.9213 m²
- Status
- active