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Class: Earth. Type: Micrometeoroid. Nation: UK. Agency: RAE. Tested space equipment for future satellites and conducted a scientific experiment to measure the incidence of micro-meteoroids. Typical orbit: 531 km x 1403 km at 82 degrees inclination. Mass: 66 kg (145 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Black Arrow. Prospero Chronology
- 1971 October 28 - Prospero - Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Vehicle: Black Arrow. Mass: 66 kg (145 lb). Perigee: 531 km (329 mi). Apogee: 1,403 km (871 mi). Inclination: 82.00 deg. Period: 104.40 min.
To test in space equipment for future satellites and to conduct a scientific experiment to measure the incidence of micro-meteoroids. Launch time 0409 GMT, injection point 13.7 deg S, 137.9 deg E. Anticipated life 100 years.
Bibliography and Further Reading - McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.
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