Sparta (rocket)

Sparta
Function	Sounding rocket; Launch system
Manufacturer	ABMA/Chrysler
Country of origin	United States
Size
Height	21.8 metres (72 ft)
Diameter	1.78 metres (5 ft 10 in)
Mass	30,000 kilograms (66,000 lb)
Stages	3
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass	45 kilograms (99 lb)
Associated rockets
Family	Redstone
Comparable	Jupiter-C; Juno I
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Woomera Test Range LA-8
Total launches	10
Success(es)	9
Failure(s)	1
First flight	28 November 1966
Last flight	29 November 1967
Type of passengers/cargo	WRESAT
First stage – Redstone
Powered by	1 A-7
Maximum thrust	416 kilonewtons (94,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	265 sec
Burn time	155 seconds
Propellant	LOX/Ethanol
Second stage – Antares-2
Powered by	1 X-259
Maximum thrust	93 kilonewtons (21,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	293 sec
Burn time	36 seconds
Propellant	Solid
Third stage – BE-3
Powered by	1 solid
Maximum thrust	34
Burn time	9 seconds
Propellant	Solid

The Sparta was a three-stage rocket that launched Australia's first Earth satellite, WRESAT, on 29 November 1967.[1]

Sparta used a surplus American Redstone as its first stage, an Antares-2 as a second stage, and a BE-3 as a third stage. Several Spartas were launched from 1966–67 from Woomera Test Range in Woomera, South Australia as part of a joint United States–United Kingdom–Australian research program aimed at understanding re-entry phenomena, and the U.S. donated a spare for the scientific satellite launch into polar orbit.[2]

The first stage was recovered from the Simpson Desert in 1990 after being found in searches by explorer Dick Smith the previous year.[3]^: 76–80

Sparta on the pad at Woomera

References

Wade, Mark. "Redstone". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
LePage, Andrew J. (May 2, 2011). "Old Reliable: The story of the Redstone". spacereview.com. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
Douherty, Kevin. "Retrieving Woomera's Heritage" (PDF). Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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[1] Wade, Mark. "Redstone". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-07.

[2] LePage, Andrew J. (May 2, 2011). "Old Reliable: The story of the Redstone". spacereview.com. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

[3] Douherty, Kevin. "Retrieving Woomera's Heritage" (PDF). Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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