Scout B-1 | Ariel 5
Status: Success | Launched: Oct 15, 1974 07:47 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 5 was a joint British and American space telescope which monitored the sky in the X-ray band.
- Type: Astrophysics
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: San Marco platform
- Location: Broglio Space Center, Kenya
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