Scout B-1 | Ariel 4
Status: Success | Launched: Dec 11, 1971 20:47 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Science and Engineering Research Council (Government)
- Rocket: Scout B-1 — Scout family
Mission
Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 4 primary mission was to study ionosphere.
- Type: Earth Science
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Space Launch Complex 5
- Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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