Waxwing (rocket motor)
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waxwing-rocket-motor-168-2519831
title:
Waxwing (rocket motor)
text:
Waxwing was a British solid rocket motor used for apogee kick as the 3rd (upper) stage of the Black Arrow satellite launch vehicles. It was also known as Black Arrow-3. Waxwing was used to successfully place the Prospero X-3 satellite into low Earth orbit on 28 October 1971, Britain's only satellite launched on an indigenously developed launch vehicle. Before being separated from the Black Arrow launch vehicle, it would be spun on a turntable using six radial 'Imp' solid rocket motors to spin st
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
British solid-propellant rocket engine
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waxwing_(rocket_motor)
date created:
2008-04-09T14:04:41Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T18:51:09Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Black_Arrow_satellite_deployment.jpg","width":1417,"height":1225}
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