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
Astrophysics
Launch site
Italy
Date
Tue, 15 Oct 1974 07:47:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#1621 ever
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.