MISSION NAME
X-2 2
Status
Failure
DATE
2 SEP 1970
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Launch Pad
Launch Area 5B
Description
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.
Black Arrow
Rocket Description
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.