num_pages: 64
description: Black Arrow R4 is Britain's only surviving satellite launch vehicle. This book draws on the unique collection of rocket engines and vehicles in Great Britain's Science Museum to tell Black Arrow's story. It traces the evolution of rocket engines from those that boosted German aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s to the Gammas of the Black Knight ballistic research vehicle, from which Black Arrow originated.
language: English
title: The Black Arrow Rocket: A History of a Satellite Launch Vehicle and Its Engines
titlecomplete: The Black Arrow Rocket: A History of a Satellite Launch Vehicle and Its Engines
genres: Space
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Science Museum