Black Arrow

Black Arrow is Britain's only satellite launcher, a small three-stage rocket burning kerosene and hydrogen peroxide. On 28 October 1971, after the program has already been cancelled, it launches Prospero from Woomera, making the United Kingdom the sixth country to orbit a satellite with its own rocket.

Launches

2

Success rate

50%

1 failure

First flight

2 September 1970

X-2

Last flight

28 October 1971

Prospero

Builder

Westland

Height

13 m

Diameter

2 m

Stages

3

Propellants

Kerosene / Hydrogen peroxide, Solid

Payload to LEO

135 kg