Oct. 28, 1971: The U.K. launches a satellite

The Prospero satellite, which launched on Oct. 28, 1971, holds the distinction of being the first and only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket. (The first British satellite launched by any rocket had been Ariel 1, carried to space on a U.S. rocket in 1962.) British engineers developed the Black Arrow carrierContinue reading “Oct. 28, 1971: The U.K. launches a satellite”
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