← Back to launches
SPARTA | WRESAT
Weapons Research EstablishmentLaunch Successful

WRESAT

SPARTA

Open watch mode ↗

Historical mission record

This page records SPARTA | WRESAT and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

Source record updated . This is a source update, not a confirmed launch time.

Check the source: Launch Library ↗

How to read launch targets and status

Mission status
Launch Successful

Status reported by the mission data provider.

LAUNCH SITERAAF Woomera Range Complex

Mission

Australian satellite carrying four astrophysics experiments.

Launch vehicle
SPARTA
Mission type
Astrophysics
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad
Launch Area 8
Provider
Weapons Research Establishment

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

SPARTA
US Army
Launch vehicle

SPARTA

The Sparta was a three-stage rocket that launched Australia's first Earth satellite, WRESAT, on 29 November 1967.

Height
21.8 m
Diameter
1.78 m
Stages
3
Recorded launches
1
First flight
1966-11-28

Recorded timing

This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.

Instantaneous windowPublished target
SCHEDULED MOMENT

A single scheduled moment. The schedule may change before launch.

Launch site & orbit

RAAF Woomera Range Complex

The mission in perspective

Launch site & orbit

Explore the launch pad, then pull back to see the shape of the destination orbit.

Understand this orbit
NASA Blue Marble map of Earth's continents and oceans
Representative orbit · accelerated illustrationNo live tracking or simulated ascent. NASA Blue Marble.

Coverage & sources

Links supplied by the mission data provider.
Coverage and times may change.

Mission coverage

No viewing link has been published yet.

Further reading

Launch Library ↗

Explore on iPhone

Browse mission details and discover upcoming launches in Spacian.

Open mission in Spacian ↗
Download on the App Store