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Black Brant XB

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.

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

Country: Canada
Launch Sites: Fort Churchill, Andoya
Stages: Nihka, 26KS20000, X-256
Agency: Bristol

Chronology

4 events

1985 February 15

05:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant XB.

MARIE Ionosphere / plasma / fields mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 979 km (608 mi).

1989 January 30

21:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant XB.

OEDIPUS A Plasma / tether mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: CSA. Apogee: 512 km (318 mi).

1989 April 9

04:37 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant XB.

Barium release + Plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 700 km (430 mi).

1989 April 11

03:36 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant XB.

Barium release + Plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).