Vehicle is intended as inexpensive reliable means of launching experimental payloads of some 200 lb into low polar orbits; vehicle consists of three stages, first and second stages using liquid propellants hydrogen peroxide and kerosene; these stages are fully controlled; third stage is spin stabilized solid propellant motor; satellite is carried above solid motor and will be separated from it after injection into orbit; details of stages, control systems and vehicle operation; flight development program of three firings. (10550)


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    Title :

    Black arrow satellite launching vehicle


    Additional title:

    Spaceflight


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Spaceflight ; 10 , n 9


    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :





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