Talk:Black Arrow

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It would be nice to know who the 3rd, 4th, and 5th. nations in space were. Thanks. Fred.

The page for the Prospero x-3 adds australia to the list of previous nations, anyone know which to correct?

Pardon, but wasn't Canada the third country to put a satellit in orbit? (The Alouette 1, in '62: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alouette_1 )

There is a difference between owning a satellite that is put into orbit by someone else, and developing the capability to do it yourself - the Alouette 1 was launched by NASA which is different to developing a successful launch system.--Si42 00:34, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm confused: the page describes the Black Arrow first stage as a modified Blue Streak. But BS was a kerosene/liquid oxygen fuelled rocket. Is there a confusion here with the Black Prince design? This page http://www.fathom.com/course/21701717/session4.html sponsored by the London Science Museum mentions only the kerosene/hydrogen peroxide Black Knight technology.--213.78.103.133 20:50, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

The BBC "TimeShift" television programme stated that Black Arrow was one of two orbital carrier rockets to be derived from the Blue Streak (The other being Europa). Looking at images of the two rockets confirms this. The only difference is the use of different engines, and H₂O₂ instead of LOX. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 22:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know how this thing actually flew without fins? Any info would be great, cheers - Acra

Thrust Vectoring. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 20:11, 1 November 2006 (UTC)