Waxwing
The Waxwing solid rocket motor used as Black Arrow's third stage. The exact motor identity and stage role are source-backed; small Imp motors used to spin the third-stage turntable are ancillary attitude hardware and remain unmodeled here.
Identity
- Aliases
- Black Arrow Waxwing motor
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- solid-rocket-motor
- Name
- Waxwing
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- The Waxwing solid rocket motor used as Black Arrow's third stage. The exact motor identity and stage role are source-backed; small Imp motors used to spin the third-stage turntable are ancillary attitude hardware and remain unmodeled here.
- Propellants
- solid composite propellant
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 17:36:09 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 17:36:09 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- The collection record identifies the Waxwing third-stage motor and documents its use on Black Arrow R3 with the Prospero satellite.
- Publisher
- Science Museum Group
- Title
- Full size Black Arrow rocket third stage booster
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- The UK Space Agency describes Black Arrow as a three-stage launcher and its third stage as a solid rocket motor.
- Publisher
- UK Space Agency
- Title
- 50 years since Black Arrow launched the UK into space