Mission record

Scout A | Ariel 3

Scout A· Space Launch Complex 5· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Science and Engineering Research Council
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Fri, 05 May 1967 16:00:01 GMT
Orbital launch #
#695 ever

Mission

Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 3 was used to study atmospheric phenomena, and it also continued the previous satellite's experiments in gathering data on galactic radio noise.

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