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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 256 kN
- Height
- 13 m
- Diameter
- 2 m
- Launch mass
- 18 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 135 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
2
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
50%
1 of 2
Current success streak
1
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Black Arrow | Prospero — Success
- Black Arrow | X-2 — Failure