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Black Brant IIB

Stage · Canada

Part of Black Brant

Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

Canadian single stage sounding rocket.

Country: Canada
Launch Sites: Fort Churchill
Stages: 23KS20000
Agency: Bristol

Chronology

4 events

1964 October 6

20:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IIB.

Test mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: CARDE. Apogee: 211 km (131 mi).

1964 October 7

18:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IIB.

Test mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: CARDE. Apogee: 213 km (132 mi).

1965 January 25

16:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IIB.

Test mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi).

1965 January 25

20:53 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IIB. FAILURE: Failure.

Test mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).