Launch Area 5 (LA5) is an operational site at the RAAF Woomera Test Range, forming part of the Woomera Range Complex. Originally, LA5 functioned as a rocket launch site supporting a number of British experimental launches, including the United Kingdom's first—and as of 2023 only—satellite launch. The site consisted of three separate launch pads, which supported 22 Black Knight sounding rocket launches, and four Black Arrow carrier rocket launches. Of the four Black Arrow launches, two were orbital. The first, on 2 September 1970, failed, while the second, on 28 October 1971, succeeded, placing the Prospero satellite into low Earth orbit.
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