X-2
Black Arrow
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Launch Status
FailureMission
X-2
Type: Test Flight
Uninstrumented spherical satellite meant to enable atmospheric density measurements by observing its orbital decay. It was destroyed in the failure of the first Black Arrow orbital launch failure.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Area 5B
RAAF Woomera Range Complex
6 rockets have launched from RAAF Woomera Range Complex.
Agency
Royal Aircraft Establishment –
- Type: Government
- Founded: 1904
- Country: GBR
The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), before finally losing its identity in mergers with other institutions.
