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1. www.bbc.co.uk › news › science-environment-57758410Prospero: Quest to retrieve 50-year-old UK space debris

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   Jul 8, 2021 · BBC. Prospero's mission was to study the space environment. Edinburgh-based rocket company Skyrora is issuing a challenge to find a way to retrieve the Prospero satellite. The object was the...

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3. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk › objects-and-storiesIn pictures: The Black Arrow rocket - Science Museum

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   Oct 28, 2021 · Take a closer look at the Black Arrow rocket, and find out more about the future of space flight from Britain. On 28 October 1971, a British Black Arrow rocket launched the Prospero satellite into an orbit of the Earth. GKN Aerospace. Black Arrow R3, 28th October 1971.

4. www.pressreader.com › uk › bristol-postLive long, Prospero Bristol’s part in space triumph

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   Oct 26, 2021 · Compared to modern spacecraft, Prospero was small, weighing only 65kg, and contained a number of relatively simple experiment­s, primarily to evaluate new technologi­es for use in future space missions.

5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › science-environment-14783135Plan to revive 1970s UK satellite - BBC News

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   Sep 5, 2011 · A group of scientists and engineers is working on an ambitious project to revive a unique UK satellite - still in orbit after almost 40 years. When the Prospero spacecraft was launched atop a...

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Prospero_(spacecraft)Prospero (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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   Prospero was launched at 04:09 GMT on 28 October 1971, from Launch Area 5B (LA-5B) at Woomera, South Australia, on a Black Arrow rocket, making Britain the sixth nation to place a satellite into orbit using a domestically developed carrier rocket. [10]

7. prosperofellowship.orgProspero – Inspiring the next generation of space leaders

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   Mentorships, Training, and Experience for the next generation of UK space pioneers.

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   When was Prospero launched?

   • When the Prospero spacecraft was launched atop a Black Arrow rocket on 28 October 1971, it marked the end of an era. A very short era. Prospero was the first UK satellite to be launched on a UK launch vehicle; it would also be the last. Ministers had cancelled the rocket project in the run up to the flight.

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   Can Skyrora find the Prospero satellite?

   • Edinburgh-based rocket company Skyrora is issuing a challenge to find a way to retrieve the Prospero satellite. The object was the first and only UK spacecraft to be launched on a British rocket, from Australia in 1971. It's defunct now, obviously, but is still circling the globe on an elliptical orbit some 1,000km up.

   Prospero: Quest to retrieve 50-year-old UK space debris

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   Was Prospero launched by a Scout rocket?

   • Prospero was an experimental satellite, testing materials and systems that could be used in the manufacture of communications satellites. But unfortunately no more Black Arrows flew, and the next in the series of experimental satellites—Miranda—was launched by a NASA Scout rocket. Scout rocket. Exploring Space gallery.

   In pictures: The Black Arrow rocket - Science Museum

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   When did the Prospero satellite come back to Earth?

   • On 28 October 1971, a British Black Arrow rocket launched the Prospero satellite into an orbit of the Earth. Black Arrow R3, 28th October 1971. The satellite is still up there and should remain so for many more decades. Part of the rocket fell back to Earth and in 2018 was brought back to Britain. Black Arrow R3 first stage, 2019.

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   Is Prospero still in orbit?

   • Prospero was blasted into orbit from the remote Woomera base in the Australian desert. It turns out, the satellite is still up there. Carrying a series of experiments to investigate the effects of the space environment, the satellite operated successfully until 1973 and was contacted annually until 1996.

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   Where is the Prospero satellite?

   • Flight spare of the Prospero satellite in the Science Museum, London. The Prospero satellite, also known as the X-3, was launched by the United Kingdom in 1971.

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9. www.nasa.gov › image-galleriesImage Galleries - NASA

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   Dec 20, 2023 · Explore NASA's media galleries to view and download high-resolution images of the solar system, agency missions, and more.