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Royal Aircraft Establishment

Black Arrow

Overall
Vehicle
Operational from 02.09.1970
  to 28.10.1971
Orbital flights   2
Payload weight t LEO 0.08
Gross liftoff weight t 18.25
Gross propellant weight t 16.34
Total length m 12.98
Max. diameter (span) m 2.00
Total liftoff thrust (s.l.) kN 222.4
Total impulse (vac) MN*s 42.4

Fairing

Total length m 3.47
Diameter m 1.37
Total weight t 0.13
Stage 3 Name   Bristol Aerojet
  Length m 1.31
Diameter m 0.74
Liftoff weight t 0.397
Propellant weight t 0.303
Engines   RPE Waxwing
Propellant   solid
Total thrust (vac) kN 29.4
Specific impulse (vac) N*s/kg 2726
Burn time s 28
Total impulse (vac) MN*s 0.8
Stage 2

Name

  Hawker Siddeley
  Length m 3.54
Diameter m 1.37
Liftoff weight t 3.537
Propellant weight t 3.002
Engines   B.S. Gamma 2
Propellant   Kerosene / H2O2 (85%)
Total thrust (vac) kN 68.2
Specific impulse (vac) N*s/kg 2569
Burn time s 113
Total impulse (vac) MN*s 7.7

Stage 1

Name   Hawker Siddeley
  Length m 5.97
Diameter m 2.00
Liftoff weight t 14.104
Propellant weight t 13.034
Engines   B.S. Gamma 8
Propellant   Kerosene / H2O2 (87%)
Total thrust (s.l.) kN 222.4
Specific impulse (s.l.) N*s/kg 2461
Burn time s 144
Total impulse (vac) MN*s 33.9