PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW)

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PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 5580

Int'l Code: 1971-093A

Perigee: 530.6 km

Apogee: 1,268.1 km

Inclination: 82.0 °

Period: 102.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7270 km

RCS: 0.949 m² (medium)

Launch date: October 28, 1971
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Launch site: WOOMERA (WOMRA)

Prospero was a British scientific satellite launched from the Woomera site in Australia aboard a Black Arrow rocket. It was used to test equipment for future satellites and to conduct a scientific experiment to measure the incidence of micrometeoroids. It had an external shape similar to a pumpkin, with an equatorial diameter of 1.2 m and a height of 0.7 m. Its anticipated life was 100 years. This launch made the United Kingdom the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit on its own rocket.

1 05580U 71093A   25193.59523151  .00001115  00000-0  23416-3 0  9996
2 05580  82.0368 228.6431 0507204 120.1373 245.1068 14.00450456700976

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC