This is a list of launches made by the Black Brant sounding rocket.
| Date/Time (GMT)
|
Variant
|
Launch site
|
Serial
|
Mission
|
Outcome
|
Apogee
|
Remarks
|
| September 1959
|
BB-I
|
Churchill
|
PTV-1
|
Test flight
|
Success
|
100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
Maiden flight of Black Brant I
|
| 12 October 1960
|
BB-II
|
Churchill
|
CC-2A-13
|
Auroral research
|
Success
|
100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
Maiden flight of Black Brant II
|
| 12 October 1960
|
BB-II
|
Churchill
|
CC-2A-14
|
Auroral research
|
Success
|
100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
|
28 October 1960
12:21
|
BB-I
|
Churchill
|
|
DRTE-05 - Ionosphere research
|
Success
|
90 kilometres (56 mi)
|
|
| 15 June 1962
|
BB-III
|
Wallops Island
|
AA-3-2
|
Test flight
|
Failure
|
92 kilometres (57 mi)
|
Maiden flight of Black Brant III
|
| 15 June 1962
|
BB-III
|
Wallops Island
|
AA-3-1
|
Test flight
|
Failure
|
98 kilometres (61 mi)
|
|
| 19 June 1962
|
BB-III
|
Wallops Island
|
AA-3-3
|
Test flight
|
Failure
|
100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
|
| 28 June 1962
|
BB-III
|
Wallops Island
|
AA-3-4
|
Test flight
|
Failure
|
13 kilometres (8.1 mi)
|
|
| 13 December 1962
|
BB-III
|
Wallops Island
|
AA-3-6
|
Test flight
|
Success
|
90 kilometres (56 mi)
|
|
| 13 December 1962
|
BB-III
|
Wallops Island
|
AA-3-5
|
Test flight
|
Success
|
98 kilometres (61 mi)
|
|
6 April 1963
07:25
|
BB-I
|
Churchill
|
AD-1-23
|
Auroral research
|
Success
|
140 kilometres (87 mi)
|
|
11 January 2008
05:32
|
BB-IX-2
|
White Sands
|
36.223
|
LIDOS - Ultraviolet astronomy
|
Success
|
|
|
18 January 2008
07:50
|
BB-XII
|
Andøya
|
40.021
|
SCIFER-2 - Auroral studies
|
Success
|
|
|
27 January 2020
13:40
|
BB-IX
|
White Sands
|
|
PolarNOx 2 - Thermosphere research
|
Success
|
260 kilometres (160 mi)
|
|
08 September 2020
18:00
|
BB-IX
|
White Sands
|
|
DUST-2 - Study of small particles
|
Success
|
346 kilometres (215 mi)
|
|
02 November 2020
10:20
|
BB-IX
|
White Sands
|
|
DEUCE - Astronomy
|
Success
|
285 kilometres (177 mi)
|
|
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