Orba (satellite)

Orba
Start of mission

Mission type	Atmospheric
Operator	RAE
Mission duration	Failed to orbit

Launch date	2 September 1970, 00:34:05 (1970-09-02UTC00:34:05Z) UTC
Rocket	Black Arrow R2
Launch site	Woomera LA-5B

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Epoch	Planned

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]

References

↑ Wade, Mark. "Black Arrow". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
↑ Hill, Nicholas. "Black Arrow". A Vertical Empire. Space UK. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Orba (X 2)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2008-10-28.

Black Arrow rockets

Main articles	Black Arrow British space programme

Components	Gamma Waxwing

Payloads	Orba R2 Instrument Package Prospero

Other	Woomera Test Range Woomera Launch Area 5 Black Knight

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Orba (satellite)

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