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The United Kingdom's only launch vehicle to successfully reach orbit, carrying the Prospero satellite in October 1971. The government had already cancelled the program on cost grounds before that final, successful flight, making Britain the only nation to date to develop an orbital launch capability and then abandon it.
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Vehicle ClassLight-lift expendable launch vehicle 1 ManufacturerWestland Aircraft / British Aircraft Corporation 1 First Flight DateDate of its sole successful orbital flight, carrying Prospero; earlier development flights from 1969 had mixed results. StatusRetired; the program was cancelled before its final, successful flight even launched. 1 Sources
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