The Sparta was a three-stage rocket that launched Australia’s first Earth satellite WRESAT on 29 November 1967.Sparta used a surplus American Redstone as its first stage an Antares-2 as a second stage and a BE-3 as a third stage. Several Spartas were launched from 1966–67 from Woomera Test Range in Woomera South Australia as part of a joint United States–United Kingdom–Australian research program aimed at understanding re-entry phenomena and the U.S.
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