Royal Aircraft Establishment

X-2

Black Arrow

FAILURE
Failure

Wednesday, September 2, 1970 · 00:34 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Black Arrow

Launch Pad

Launch Area 5B

RAAF Woomera Range Complex

-30.955° S, 136.530° E

1

Pad Launches

5

Location Launches

1

Agency Launches

76

Orbital This Year

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