Australian test vehicle. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Aeolus Booster (a cluster of seven 5-inch LAPStar motors) + 1 x Mayfly second stage. Originally developed for the development of Woomera Range instrumentation in preparation for the British Black Knight orbital launch vehicle program. Thereafter used as a sounding rocket.
Status: Retired 1961. First Launch: 1958-12-04. Last Launch: 1961-01-01. Number: 7 . Thrust: 80.00 kN (17,984 lbf). Gross mass: 600 kg (1,320 lb). Height: 6.60 m (21.60 ft). Diameter: 0.41 m (1.34 ft). Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).