Single stage rocket consisting of one Black Brant VA, VB, or VC
(NASA photo courtesy of Joel Powell)
Launch is from White Sands on Dec. 11, 1975 for the first launch of the SPAR materials
processing test payloads from NASA Marshall.
Dimensions
Length: 8.15 m
Diameter: 0.44 m
Weight: 1197 kg
Thrust: 111 kN
Maimum flight height: 387 km
Payload: 68 kg
First Firing: May 1972
Total Launches from 14 May 1959 to 8 June 2006: 93