. . "1.78"^^ . "3"^^ . "1967-11-29Z"^^ . . "Retired" . . "9"^^ . . . . "3e+07"^^ . "1"^^ . "10"^^ . "Sparta"@en . "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\u201367 from Woomera Test Range in Woomera, South Australia as part of a joint United States\u2013United Kingdom\u2013Australian research program aimed at understanding re-entry phenomena, and the U.S."@en . . "21.8"^^ . "1966-11-28Z"^^ .