Thursday, February 23, 2017
Feb. 22, 2017 Sounding Rocket Launches to Study Auroras
The Black Brant is a family of Canadian-designed sounding rockets built by Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Over 800 Black Brants of various versions have been launched since they were first produced in 1961, and the type remains one of the most popular sounding rockets ever built. They have been repeatedly used by the Canadian Space Agency and NASA.
Don Quixote Note: MEMORIES : Back in the late 60's I worked for Pan Am who were the contractor for the National Research Council's 'Churchill Rocket Range' where we fired Black Brant's to study the Aurora Borealis. The Black Brant is a family of Canadian-designed sounding rockets built by Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (I also worked for Bristol prior to my employment in Churchill at the Rocket Range.)