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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).
Prospero Chronology - 1970 September 2 - Orba - Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: LA5B. Launch Vehicle: Black Arrow. FAILURE: Second stage shut down 13 seconds early. Apogee: 550 km (340 mi).
Unsuccessful attempt to orbit a satellite.
- 1971 October 28 - Prospero - Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: LA5B. 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:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
- Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.
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