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SPARTA WRESAT - space launch mission detailed information

When is SPARTA WRESAT? Launch date 29/NOV/1967 — SPARTA rocket launch by Weapons Research Establishment from Launch Area 8.

SPARTA WRESAT launch date, launch time, live countdown, live stream and mission status (Success) — tracked on Space Realm.

SPARTA WRESAT

SPARTA rocket used for the WRESAT space launch

SPARTA

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Status

Success

Date

29 NOV 1967

04:49

Launch Provider

Weapons Research Establishment logo — launch provider of WRESAT

Weapons Research Establishment

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Launch Pad

Launch Area 8

RAAF Woomera Range Complex

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Mission Overview

Australian satellite carrying four astrophysics experiments.

Rocket

SPARTA

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

3

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Sparta was a three-stage rocket that launched Australia's first Earth satellite, WRESAT, on 29 November 1967.

Height

21.8 m

Diameter

1.78 m

Launch Mass

30 T

Thrust

416 kN

Country

RAAF Woomera Range Complex

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Pad Heritage

1 launch

Launch Area 8

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Mission Tag

WRESAT

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