Black Arrow | X-2

Failure Royal Aircraft Establishment, Black Arrow

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Mission

Test Flight · LEO

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.

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Before liftoff
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If the launch moves, your reminders move with it, and at the time of your first reminder we tell you the new date.