Black Arrow

Black Arrow was the British-built rocket that took the Prospero satellite into orbit in 1971.

The Black Arrow project was started in the 1960s and abandoned after its last successful launch in 1971.

Edinburgh-based launch company, Skyrora, retrieved the 1st stage of the Black Arrow rocket from where it landed in the Australian outback and brought it back to the UK early in 2019.

 

EO satellite launchers in the UK аnd Europe: history, reality and future

EO satellite launchers in the UK аnd Europe: history, reality and future

Artificial satellites circle our planet, and EO satellite launchers help deliver almost a third of these spacecraft into required orbits. To date, the number of satellites operating in orbits alone has exceeded 3,500, and the number of used spacecraft is many times greater. Satellites serve a wide variety of purposes — communication, Earth Observation, geolocation,…
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Space industry celebrates Black Arrow 50th Anniversary at Farnborough
Space industry celebrates Black Arrow 50th Anniversary at Farnborough