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Black Arrow

2FLIGHTS
50%SUCCESS
1FAILURES
1STREAK
Jun 1969FIRST FLIGHT
NOREUSABLE
HEIGHT13 m
DIAMETER2 m
LAUNCH MASS18 kg
LIFTOFF THRUST256 kN
STAGES3

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.

135 kg
TO LEO
298 lbs
256
KILONEWTONS
57,551
POUNDS-FORCE
~343
HORSEPOWER
Height13 m (43 ft)
Diameter2 m (6.6 ft)
Launch Mass18 kg (40 lbs)
Stages3