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Prospero
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 28 Oct 1971, 04:09 am UTC
Rocket: Black Arrow
Provider: Royal Aircraft Establishment
Mission
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Area 5B, RAAF Woomera Range Complex
Mission Description
British scientific satellite used to demonstrate technologies needed for communication satellites.