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Black Brant-3

Black Brant-3

Version Stage 1
Black Brant-3A 9KS11000
Black Brant-3B 12KS10000
No:   TNr    Type                    Date               LS             Payload 

xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           15.06.1962   *F    WI             AA-3-1 (BB3 01)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           15.06.1962   *F    WI             AA-3-2 (BB3 02)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           19.06.1962   *F    WI             AA-3-3 (BB3 03)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           28.06.1962   *F    WI             AA-3-4 (BB3 04)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           13.12.1962   *     WI             AA-3-5 (BB3 05)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           13.12.1962   *     WI             AA-3-6 (BB3 06)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           01.07.1963   *     Va LC-A        AA-3-7? (USN Eval 1)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           07.11.1963   *     Va LC-A        AA-3-8? (USN Eval 3)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           21.04.1964   *     FC             FF-3-09 (BB3 09)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           22.04.1965   *     FC             AA-3-11
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           08.12.1965   *     EgS            NC7.179
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           21.02.1966   *     EgS            NC7.181
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           21.02.1966   *     EgS            NC7.180
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           21.02.1966   *     FC             NC7.178 (O2 density)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           19.07.1966   *     Res            AKF-3-16
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           21.07.1966   *     Res            AKF-3-15
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           26.08.1966   *     FC             AAF-3-13
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           29.11.1966   *     FC             AAF-3-12
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           12.12.1966   *     FC             ALF-3-18 (BB3/1 Neutral dens.)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           04.07.1967   *     FC             ALF-3-19 (Mass spectrometer)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           05.07.1967   *     FC             ALF-3-20 (Mass spectrometer)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           12.07.1967   *     FC             ADF-3-24 (O2 profile)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           12.07.1967   *     FC             ADF-3-25 (O2 profile)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           20.10.1967   *     Res            AKF-3-26
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           22.10.1967   *     Res            AKF-3-27
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           08.10.1968   *     Res            AKF-3-40
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           09.10.1968   *     Res            AKF-3-39
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           31.10.1968   *     FC             ADF-3-31 (PCA Ionos)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           01.11.1968   *     FC             ADF-3-33 (PCA Ionos)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           19.11.1968   *     Es N           K-BB/III-14 (DLR K-BB3-14)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           19.11.1968   *F    FC             ADF-3-32
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           03.12.1968   *     Es N           K-BB/III-16 (DLR K-BB3-16)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           04.12.1968   *     FC             ALF-3-17 (BB3/2)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           04.12.1968   *     Es N           K-BB/III-15 (DLR K-BB3-15)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          28.02.1969   *     WI             NASA 12.04GT
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           29.03.1969   *     FC             ADF-3-37 (O2 IR profile)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           29.03.1969   *     FC             ADF-3-38 (O2 IR profile)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           12.04.1969   *F    FC             ADF-3-29
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          01.05.1969   *     WI             NASA 12.15GT
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          25.10.1969   *     Res            AKF-3B-50 (Soft X-ray survey)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          26.10.1969   *     Res            AAF-3B-51 (Soft X-ray survey)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          03.11.1969   *     Res            AAF-3B-48
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          05.11.1969   *     Res            AAF-3B-49
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           03.12.1969   *     FC             AMF-3-47
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           03.12.1969   *     FC             AMF-3-46
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           07.03.1970   *     EQ             AAF-3A-42
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           07.03.1970   *     EQ             AAF-3A-43
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           07.03.1970   *     EQ             AAF-3A-44
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           07.03.1970   *     EQ             AAF-3A-45
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           28.02.1971   *     FC             And-3-41 (Microwave background)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          04.09.1971   *     Res            NASA 22.01UE
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          05.09.1971   *     Res            NASA 22.02UE
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          15.01.1972   *     Gil            AAF-3B-53
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           08.02.1972   *     FC             ADD-3A-54 (IR airglow profile)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           21.03.1972   *     FC             AMF-3A-52 (Oxygen recomb)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           10.07.1972   *     FC             ADD-3A-55
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           10.07.1972   *     FC             ADD-3A-56
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           10.07.1972   *     FC             ADD-3A-57
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           10.07.1972   *     FC             ADD-3A-58
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           10.07.1972   *     EQ             ADD-3A-59
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           10.07.1972   *     EQ             ADD-3A-60
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           10.07.1972   *     EQ             ADD-3A-61
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           10.07.1972   *     EQ             ADD-3A-62
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          01.12.1972   *     FC             And-3B-63 (Microwave background)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          02.02.1973   *     Gil            AAF-3B-67
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          22.02.1973   *     FC             AAD-3B-64 (Auroral plasma)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          24.02.1973   *     FC             AAD-3B-65 (Auroral plasma)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3           11.05.1984   *     FC             ARS-3A-69 (SMERF 1)
xxx   xxx    Black Brant-3B          06.05.1985   *     FC             ARS-3B-70 (SMERF 2)


Launch sites:

EQ  = East Quoddy, Nova Scotia, Canada CanadaEgS = Eglin AFB, Santa Rosa Island, Florida, USA USA
Es  = ESRANGE, Kiruna, Sweden Sweden
FC  = Churchill Research Range, Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Canada Canada
Gil = Gillam, Manitoba, Canada CanadaRes = Resolute Bay, Magnetic North Pole Station, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada CanadaVa  = Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA USA
WI  = Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA USA

* = suborbital

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