X-2 Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
2 Sep 1970, 12:34am
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Area 5B
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
X-2
Mission Type
Test Flight
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Uninstrumented spherical satellite meant to enable atmospheric density measurements by observing its orbital decay. It was destroyed in the failure of the first Black Arrow orbital launch failure.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:55pm UTC
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