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SPARTA

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Sparta Credit: � Thomas Kladiva - Thomas Kladiva

Status: Retired 1967. First Launch: 1966-11-28. Last Launch: 1967-11-29. Number: 10 . Payload: 45 kg (99 lb). Thrust: 357.00 kN (80,256 lbf). Gross mass: 30,000 kg (66,000 lb). Height: 21.80 m (71.50 ft). Diameter: 1.78 m (5.83 ft). Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

LEO Payload: 45 kg (99 lb) to a 300 km orbit at 28.00 degrees.

Family: orbital launch vehicle. People: von Braun. Country: USA. Spacecraft: Wresat. Launch Sites: Woomera, Woomera LA8. Stages: Jupiter C stage, Antares 2, BE-3. More at: 8674.

Photo Gallery

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Sparta Sparta - COSPAR 1967-118

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Sparta Credit: � Mark Wade

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• Sparta SV-1 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).

• Sparta SV-2 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).

• Sparta SV-3 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).

• Sparta SV-4 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).

• Sparta SV-5 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).

• Sparta SV-6 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).

• Sparta SV-7 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 91 km (56 mi).

• Sparta SV-8 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 137 km (85 mi).

• Sparta SV-9 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 111 km (68 mi).

• Wresat 1 - . Payload: Wresat / BE-3. Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Class: Earth. Type: Atmosphere satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Wresat. Spacecraft: Wresat. Decay Date: 1968-01-10 . USAF Sat Cat: 3054 . COSPAR: 1967-118A. Apogee: 1,252 km (777 mi). Perigee: 198 km (123 mi). Inclination: 83.3000 deg. Period: 99.30 min. Weapons Research Establishment Satellite; solar radiation, upper atmosphere data. WRESAT 1 launched for upper atmosphere and space research at 1419 h central standard time, from Woomera, South Australia. Launch vehicle based on Redstone. .