Status
Success
WRESAT
Launch Time
Wed Nov 29, 1967 04:49 UTC
Wed Nov 29, 1967 04:49 UTC
First, and last orbital flight of Redstone Sparta. First Australian satellite launched from Australian soil.
Rocket
Mission Details
WRESAT
WRESAT weighed 45 kg and had the form of a cone with a length of 1.59 m and a mouth diameter of 0.76 m. It remained connected with the third rocket stage and possessed with it an overall length of 2.17 m. WRESAT circled the Earth on a nearly polar course, until it reentered the atmosphere after 642 revolutions on 10 January 1968, over the Atlantic Ocean. The battery-operated satellite sent data during its first 73 orbits of the Earth.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 45.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LA-8, RAAF Woomera Range Complex, Australia
Stats
1967
130th orbital launch attempt
Redstone Sparta
1st mission
1st mission of 1967
1st successful mission