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Black Brant IXB

Launch vehicle · Canada

Part of Black Brant

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

Canadian sounding rocket.

2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Terrier + 1 x Black Brant VB.

Country: Canada
Launch Sites: White Sands, Fort Churchill, White Sands LC36, Kiruna
Stages: 26KS20000, X-256
Agency: Bristol

Chronology

4 events

1985 February 15

01:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IXB.

WATERHOLE 4 Aurora / aeronomy / ionosphere mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 302 km (187 mi).

1985 December 14

07:16 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC36. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IXB.

CHARGE 2 (TPE-4) Plasma / tether mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 261 km (162 mi).

1987 March 19

10:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IXB.

Microgravity mission - . Nation: Sweden. Agency: SSC. Apogee: 295 km (183 mi).

1998 April 28

12:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IXB.

ACTIVE Ionosphere mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: CSA. Apogee: 315 km (195 mi).