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Royal Aircraft Establishment
Black Arrow | X-2
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
Uninstrumented spherical satellite meant to enable atmospheric density measurements by observing its orbital decay. It was destroyed in the failure of the first Black Arrow orbital launch failure.
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