Scout D-1 | Ariel 6
Status: Success | Launched: Jun 02, 1979 23:26 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Science and Engineering Research Council (Government)
- Rocket: Scout D-1 — Scout family
Mission
Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 6 primary experiment was a cosmic ray detector. Satellite also carried X-ray telescopes.
- Type: Astrophysics
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Area 3A
- Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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