PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW)

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PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 5580

Int'l Code: 1971-093A

Perigee: 535.4 km

Apogee: 1,305.5 km

Inclination: 82.0 °

Period: 103.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7291 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  5580U 71093A   18289.20487265  .00000134  00000-0  28119-4 0  9993
2  5580  82.0443 208.6690 0528075 274.6216  79.4846 13.94384384358682

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC