Black Brant X Rocket Photos


(NASA photo courtesy of Joel Powell)
This Black Brant X is dated May 13, 1986 and was flown from Wallops Island. It was part of the CVE Ba Plasma mission. It attained an altitude of 430 km (260 mi).

(NASA photo courtesy of Joel Powell)
Black Brant X at Wallops with the SDIO's SPEAR I (Space Power Experiments on Rockets) payload in December 1987.

(NASA photo courtesy of Joel Powell)
Time exposure of the SPEAR I launch on a Black Brant X at Wallops on 13 December 1987. The time was 8:45 pm EST. Apogee was 370 km.

Updated: 8-5-2008

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