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Orba X-2
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Template:Infobox Spacecraft Orba, also known as X-2, was intended to be the first satellite launched by a British rocket. It was launched at 00:34 GMT on 2 September 1970, atop a Black Arrow rocket from Launch Area 5B at Woomera, but failed to reach orbit after the second stage of the carrier rocket shut down 13 seconds early.[1] Orba was built from spare parts due to funding restrictions,[2] and was to have been used to measure upper atmosphere density by monitoring the decay of its orbit.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Wade, Mark. Black Arrow. Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved on 2008-10-28.
- ↑ Hill, Nicholas. Black Arrow. A Vertical Empire. Space UK. Retrieved on 2008-10-28.
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter. Orba (X 2). Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved on 2008-10-28.
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