PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW)

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PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW) is classified as:

Space & Earth Science
Engineering

NORAD ID: 5580

Int'l Code: 1971-093A

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   26287.14504238  .00000979  00000-0  20848-3 0  9990
2 05580  82.0414 186.4000 0498745 245.9351 108.8884 14.01899878765194

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC