Woomera Launch Area 5
Rocket launch site on the Woomera Test Range in Australia
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| LA-5 launch history | |
|---|---|
| Status | (2013) DSTO Rocket Engine Test Facility |
| Launches | 12 |
| First launch | 7 June 1961 |
| Last launch | 25 November 1965 |
| Associated rockets | Black Knight |
| LA-5A launch history | |
|---|---|
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Launches | 9 |
| First launch | 7 September 1958 |
| Last launch | 7 May 1961 |
| Associated rockets | Black Knight |
| LA-5B launch history | |
|---|---|
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Launches | 5 |
| First launch | 9 May 1961 |
| Last launch | 28 October 1971 |
| Associated rockets | Black Knight Black Arrow |
Launch Area 5 (LA5) is an operational site at the RAAF Woomera Test Range which forms the primary operational capability of the Woomera Range Complex.[1][2] Originally LA5 was a rocket launch site which supported a number of British experimental launches, including the United Kingdom's first, and as of 2023[update] only, satellite launch. It consisted of three separate launch pads, which supported 22 Black Knight sounding rocket launches,[3][4] and four Black Arrow carrier rocket launches.[4] Of the four Black Arrow launches, two were orbital launches, the first of which, on 2 September 1970, failed, and the second, on 28 October 1971, succeeded, placing the Prospero satellite into low Earth orbit.[5]
References
- ^ See: HQWTR - Woomera Range Complex Fact Sheet (Nov 2013)
- ^ "Woomera". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Woomera LA5A". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Woomera LA5B". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ See: Peter Morton, 'Fire Across the Desert', AGPS 1989
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