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List of Black Brant launches

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This is a list of launches made by the Black Brant sounding rocket.

Date/Time (GMT) Variant Launch site Serial Mission Outcome Apogee Remarks
September 1959 BB-I Churchill PTV-1 Test flight Success 100 kilometres (62 mi) Maiden flight of Black Brant I
12 October 1960 BB-II Churchill CC-2A-13 Auroral research Success 100 kilometres (62 mi) Maiden flight of Black Brant II
12 October 1960 BB-II Churchill CC-2A-14 Auroral research Success 100 kilometres (62 mi)
28 October 1960
12:21
BB-I Churchill DRTE-05 - Ionosphere research Success 90 kilometres (56 mi)
15 June 1962 BB-III Wallops Island AA-3-2 Test flight Failure 92 kilometres (57 mi) Maiden flight of Black Brant III
15 June 1962 BB-III Wallops Island AA-3-1 Test flight Failure 98 kilometres (61 mi)
19 June 1962 BB-III Wallops Island AA-3-3 Test flight Failure 100 kilometres (62 mi)
28 June 1962 BB-III Wallops Island AA-3-4 Test flight Failure 13 kilometres (8.1 mi)
13 December 1962 BB-III Wallops Island AA-3-6 Test flight Success 90 kilometres (56 mi)
13 December 1962 BB-III Wallops Island AA-3-5 Test flight Success 98 kilometres (61 mi)
6 April 1963
07:25
BB-I Churchill AD-1-23 Auroral research Success 140 kilometres (87 mi)
11 January 2008
05:32
BB-IX-2 White Sands 36.223 LIDOS - Ultraviolet astronomy Success
18 January 2008
07:50
BB-XII Andøya 40.021 SCIFER-2 - Auroral studies Success
27 January 2020
13:40
BB-IX White Sands PolarNOx 2 - Thermosphere research Success 260 kilometres (160 mi)
08 September 2020
18:00
BB-IX White Sands DUST-2 - Study of small particles Success 346 kilometres (215 mi)
02 November 2020
10:20
BB-IX White Sands DEUCE - Astronomy Success 285 kilometres (177 mi)

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