Black Arrow | X-2
Status: Failure | Launched: Sep 02, 1970 00:34 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Royal Aircraft Establishment (Government)
- Rocket: Black Arrow
Mission
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.
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Area 5B
- Location: RAAF Woomera Range Complex
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-10-06T21:02:13.006858+00:00.