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Black Brant IVB
Part of Black Brant
Canadian sounding rocket.
AKA: Black Brant 4B. Status: Retired 1981. First Launch: 1971-02-05. Last Launch: 1981-12-13. Number: 30 . Gross mass: 1,400 kg (3,000 lb). Height: 12.00 m (39.00 ft). Diameter: 0.44 m (1.44 ft). Apogee: 950 km (590 mi).
2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Black Brant VA + 1 x Black Brant IIIB.
Country:
Canada.
Launch Sites:
Wallops Island,
Fort Churchill,
Kwajalein RN,
Andoya,
Barking Sands,
Natal,
El Arenosillo,
Cape Parry,
Sonde Stromfjord,
Chilca.
Stages:
12KS10000,
15KS25000.
Agency:
Bristol.
1971 February 5 - .
22:46 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Impedance dipole Aurora / ionosphere / meteorology mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 784 km (487 mi).
1972 January 15 - .
06:04 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Not in FC Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
1972 May 17 - .
07:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- X-ray survey X-ray astronomy mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 660 km (410 mi).
1973 January 29 - .
05:02 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Aurora mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 760 km (470 mi).
1973 February 9 - .
02:53 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Aeronomy / plasma / aurora mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 760 km (470 mi).
1973 June 21 - .
10:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Barking Sands.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Galactic X-rays X-ray astronomy mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 686 km (426 mi).
1973 August 9 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).
1973 August 9 - .
20:12 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- HI Rate Midas Conv test - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF CRL.
Apogee: 605 km (375 mi).
1973 November 22 - .
21:29 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Natal.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Ionosphere / plasma mission - .
Nation: Germany.
Agency: DFVLR.
Apogee: 650 km (400 mi).
1974 February 6 - .
22:48 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Andoya.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- DLR A-BB4-63 Auroral mission - .
Nation: Germany.
Agency: DFVLR.
Apogee: 548 km (340 mi).
1974 February 13 - .
22:01 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Aurora / ionosphere / fields mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 638 km (396 mi).
1974 March 29 - .
02:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Chilca.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- EQUION Ionosphere / eclipse mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: Aerospace.
Apogee: 742 km (461 mi).
1974 December 11 - .
22:48 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Parry.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Aurora / ionosphere mission Aurora / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 600 km (370 mi).
1974 December 17 - .
10:55 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Sonde Stromfjord.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- DLR G-BB4-64 PolCusp Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Germany.
Agency: DFVLR.
Apogee: 280 km (170 mi).
1974 December 18 - .
11:04 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Sonde Stromfjord.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
FAILURE: Failure.
- DLR G-BB4-65 PolCusp Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Germany.
Agency: DFVLR.
Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
1975 January 6 - .
23:56 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Parry.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Periquito Plasma / barium release mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: Sandia.
Apogee: 540 km (330 mi).
1975 January 11 - .
00:32 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Parry.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Periquito Plasma / barium release mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: Sandia.
Apogee: 540 km (330 mi).
1975 January 11 - .
10:53 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Sonde Stromfjord.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- DLR G-BB4-66 Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: DFVLR.
Apogee: 280 km (170 mi).
1975 November 25 - .
23:39 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Parry.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Periquito Plasma / barium release mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NRCC,
Sandia.
Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1975 November 28 - .
23:39 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Parry.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Periquito Plasma / barium release mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NRCC,
Sandia.
Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1976 January 20 - .
01:42 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- VLF Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF GL.
Apogee: 632 km (392 mi).
1976 February 5 - .
05:22 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Test / aurora / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 730 km (450 mi).
1976 June 27 - .
08:58 GMT - .
Launch Site:
El Arenosillo.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- DLR H-BB4B-76 Extreme ultraviolet astronomy mission - .
Nation: Germany.
Agency: DLR.
Apogee: 700 km (430 mi).
1977 March 8 - .
04:01 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Pitch angles Test / aurora / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 700 km (430 mi).
1977 August 23 - .
Launch Site:
Kwajalein.
Launch Complex:
Kwajalein RN.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Nation: USA.
Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).
1978 February 27 - .
05:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Aurora / ionosphere mission Aurora / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 785 km (487 mi).
1981 January 26 - .
07:20 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- Substorm Auroral mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 584 km (362 mi).
1981 March 28 - .
01:54 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Fort Churchill.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- FALCONS Ionosphere / plasma / fields mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 675 km (419 mi).
1981 December 6 - .
23:14 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Parry.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
- CENTAUR Auroral mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 615 km (382 mi).
1981 December 13 - .
21:31 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Parry.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant IVB.
FAILURE: Failure.
- CENTAUR Auroral mission - .
Nation: Canada.
Agency: NRCC.
Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
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