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Black Brant X
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Black Brant Black Brant 10 |
Canadian sounding rocket. Three stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Terrier + 1 x Black Brant VB or VC + 1 x Nihka. Payload 90 kg to 1,200 km or 317 kg to 550 km.
AKA: Black Brant 10. Status: Active. First Launch: 1981-08-14. Last Launch: 2018-12-07. Number: 32 . Thrust: 257.00 kN (57,775 lbf). Gross mass: 2,600 kg (5,700 lb). Height: 14.50 m (47.50 ft). Diameter: 0.44 m (1.44 ft). Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).
The Black Brant X rocket system was a three-stage system, and unique because the third stage motor was ignited once the vehicle system reached exoatmospheric conditions. The first stage booster consisted of a Terrier MK 12 Mod 1 rocket motor with four 0.22 square meter fin panels arranged in a cruciform configuration. The finless third stage was the Nihka rocket motor, developed specifically for the Black Brant X rocket system by Bristol Aerospace. The standard payload configuration for the Black Brant X vehicle was 44 cm in diameter with a 3:1 ogive nose shape. Payload length and weight limits for the Black Brant X were the same as the Black Brant V. Standard hardware systems available for Black Brant V motors included aft recovery systems, payload separation systems (including High Velocity Separation System) and despin systems. These units were modular "stackable" so that a great deal of flexibility existed in meeting experiment requirements.
Country:
Canada.
Launch Sites:
Wallops Island,
Poker Flat,
Andoya,
Barking Sands,
Wallops Island LA2,
Cape Parry,
Sonde Stromfjord,
Alcantara.
Stages:
Nihka,
26KS20000,
X-256.
Agency:
Bristol.
1981 August 14 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 625 km (388 mi).
1981 December 1 - .
01:38 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Parry.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- CENTAUR Auroral mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 612 km (380 mi).
1981 December 13 - .
22:54 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Parry.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- CENTAUR Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 662 km (411 mi).
1982 April 16 - .
06:29 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 1,500 km (900 mi).
1982 April 20 - .
06:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 1,195 km (742 mi).
1983 April 10 - .
07:43 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Astronomy mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 667 km (414 mi).
1984 February 7 - .
09:09 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 1,020 km (630 mi).
1984 March 30 - .
11:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 948 km (589 mi).
1984 April 1 - .
07:19 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 954 km (592 mi).
1985 January 23 - .
09:26 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Sonde Stromfjord.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- COPE Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 769 km (477 mi).
1985 February 10 - .
02:13 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Sonde Stromfjord.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- TOPAZ I Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 816 km (507 mi).
1986 January 18 - .
18:13 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Andoya.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- CENTAUR 2 Auroral mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 676 km (420 mi).
1986 April 1 - .
08:17 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 912 km (566 mi).
1986 April 13 - .
09:14 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 977 km (607 mi).
1986 April 22 - .
08:49 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Astronomy mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).
1986 May 13 - .
07:40 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- CVE Ba Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 430 km (260 mi).
1987 March 7 - .
06:39 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
1987 December 14 - .
01:45 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Complex:
Wallops Island LA2.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- SPEAR I Active plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: SDIO.
Apogee: 370 km (220 mi).
1988 January 19 - .
08:40 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- TOPAZ II Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 926 km (575 mi).
1988 March 4 - .
06:55 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- UCB Alaska '88 Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1988 December 17 - .
11:01 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Andoya.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- CUSP Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 515 km (320 mi).
1989 May 4 - .
01:42 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- CRIT-2? Plasma / barium release mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 430 km (260 mi).
1989 July 31 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Target mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: SDIO.
Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).
1989 July 31 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- Target mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: SDIO.
Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).
1990 April 5 - .
13:47 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- WISP 1 Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 586 km (364 mi).
1993 July 22 - .
08:25 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- WISP 2 Plasma mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).
1994 October 14 - .
22:55 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Alcantara.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- GUARA High Altitude Spread F Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Apogee: 956 km (594 mi).
1999 February 11 - .
06:45 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- ENSTROPHY Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA Greenbelt.
Apogee: 1,071 km (665 mi).
2007 February 14 - .
09:27 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- HEX-II H Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA Greenbelt.
Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2010 August 4 - .
09:15 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- NASA 12.073GT - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA Greenbelt.
Apogee: 693 km (430 mi). Qualification test of a new version of the Black Brant's Nikha solid motor..
2018 December 7 - .
11:06 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Svalbard.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant X.
- VISIONS-2 1 - .
Apogee: 805 km (500 mi). Auroral mission. Impacted Svalbard.
- VISIONS-2 2 - .
Apogee: 600 km (370 mi). Auroral mission. Impacted Svalbard.
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