Black Arrow
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Black Arrow, officially capitalised BLACK ARROW, was a British liquid-fuelled three-stage expendable launch system. In 1971 Black Arrow's fourth final flight placed the Prospero satellite into low Ear
A mockup of the Black Arrow in the rocket park at Woomera.
The first two stages and open payload fairing of R4 on display at the Science Museum in London
Black Arrow R4 on display in the Science Museum, with the stages and fairing separated, and the flight spare of the Prospero satellite
The first stage of Black Arrow R3, on display at William Creek following its return to Earth
Bristol Siddeley Gamma
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The Armstrong Siddeley, later Bristol Siddeley Gamma was a family of rocket engines used in British rocketry, including the Black Knight and Black Arrow launch vehicles. They burned kerosene fuel and
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…was instead spin-stabilised. The guidance system used was derived from that of the cancelled BAC TSR-2 bomber. The first stage was powered by a single Gamma 8 engine, which burned for 127 seconds. The Gamma 8 was an eight-chamber engine, derived from the Gamma 301 engine used on the Black Knight. It was 6.9…
Black Knight tail showing engines
Gamma 2 rocket engine, used for the second stage
Gamma 8 rocket engine on Black Arrow 1st stage
Gamma 201 engine