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DEUCE
Black Brant IX
Historical mission record
This page records Black Brant IX | DEUCE and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Liftoff
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEArnhem Space Centre
Mission
The Dual-channel Extreme Ultraviolet Continuum Experiment (DEUCE) is a payload from the University of Colorado. its objective is to observe α Centauri A & B and measure a so-far unstudied part of their extreme ultraviolet light spectrum. These measurements are needed to model stars similar to and smaller than our Sun, as well as understand their effects on planetary atmospheres.
- Launch vehicle
- Black Brant IX
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Destination orbit
- Suborbital
- Launch pad
- Suborbital Launch Ramp
- Provider
- Equatorial Launch Australia
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Black Brant IX
The Black Brant IX is a Canadian-designed sounding rocket used by the CSA and NASA.
- Height
- 12.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.46 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 3
- First flight
- 1982-03-16
Recorded timing
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3h 48m windowPublished target
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Launch site & orbit
Arnhem Space Centre
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DestinationSuborbital
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