Launch SuccessfulWeapons Research Establishment

SPARTA: WRESAT

Name: SPARTA: WRESAT
Start: 1967-11-29T04:49:00Z
End: 1967-11-29T04:49:00Z
Location: Launch Area 8

Australian satellite carrying four astrophysics experiments.

Wednesday, 29 November 1967

Mission Data

Launch VehicleSPARTA

Vehicle Record1 of 1 launches (100%)

Launch Provider🇦🇺 Weapons Research Establishment

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record1 successes / 0 failures (100%)

Mission TypeAstrophysics

Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit

Launch PadLaunch Area 8

Location🇦🇺 RAAF Woomera Range Complex AUS

Orbital Launches This Year#131

Agency Launches This Year#1

Launches From This Pad1

Launches From This Site6

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

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

Launch Area 8 · 30.9553°S 136.5300°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.