List of Black Brant launches |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Brant_launches This is a list of launches made by the Black Brant sounding rocket.
| Date/Time (GMT) |
Variant |
Launch site |
Serial |
Mission |
Outcome |
Apogee |
Remarks |
| September 1959 |
BB-I |
Fort Churchill |
PTV-1 |
Test flight |
Successful |
100 kilometres (62 mi) |
Maiden flight of Black Brant I |
| 12 October 1960 |
BB-II |
Fort Churchill |
CC-2A-13 |
Auroral research |
Successful |
100 kilometres (62 mi) |
Maiden flight of Black Brant II |
| 12 October 1960 |
BB-II |
Fort Churchill |
CC-2A-14 |
Auroral research |
Successful |
100 kilometres (62 mi) |
|
28 October 1960
12:21 |
BB-I |
Fort Churchill |
|
DRTE-05 - Ionosphere research |
Successful |
90 kilometres (56 mi) |
|
| 15 June 1962 |
BB-III |
Wallops Island |
AA-3-2 |
Test flight |
Failure |
92 kilometres (57 mi) |
Maiden flight of Black Brant III |
| 15 June 1962 |
BB-III |
Wallops Island |
AA-3-1 |
Test flight |
Failure |
98 kilometres (61 mi) |
|
| 19 June 1962 |
BB-III |
Wallops Island |
AA-3-3 |
Test flight |
Failure |
100 kilometres (62 mi) |
|
| 28 June 1962 |
BB-III |
Wallops Island |
AA-3-4 |
Test flight |
Failure |
13 kilometres (8.1 mi) |
|
| 13 December 1962 |
BB-III |
Wallops Island |
AA-3-6 |
Test flight |
Successful |
90 kilometres (56 mi) |
|
| 13 December 1962 |
BB-III |
Wallops Island |
AA-3-5 |
Test flight |
Successful |
98 kilometres (61 mi) |
|
6 April 1963
07:25 |
BB-I |
Fort Churchill |
AD-1-23 |
Auroral research |
Successful |
140 kilometres (87 mi) |
|
11 January 2008
05:32 |
BB-IX-2 |
White Sands |
36.223 |
LIDOS - Ultraviolet astronomy |
Successful |
|
|
18 January 2008
07:50 |
BB-XII |
Andøya |
40.021 |
SCIFER-2 - Auroral studies |
Successful |
|
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