Ariel (satellite)
Ariel was a series of British measurement satellites that were launched into orbit in the 1960s and 1970s with US Thor Delta and Scout rockets.
Ariel 1 was the first satellite to be realized in the USA with the participation of a foreign nation . Great Britain supplied the experiments for this project, while NASA was responsible for building the satellite and the launcher. Ariel 3 was then the first satellite constructed entirely in Great Britain, only the launch vehicle had to be provided by NASA.
List of satellites
Surname | NSSCD ID | Start date ( UTC ) | Launch site | Launcher | Remarks |
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Ariel 1 | 1962 ο 1 | April 26, 1962, 6:00 p.m. |
Cape Canaveral , LC-17A | Thor - Delta | Investigation of the ionosphere , solar and cosmic rays. Was the US-altitude nuclear test Prime Starfish inoperable |
Ariel 2 | 1964-015A | March 27, 1964, 5:25 pm |
Wallops Flight Facility | Scout X3 | Measurement of galactic radio emissions, the vertical ozone distribution and registration of micrometeorites |
Ariel 3 | 1967-042A | May 5, 1967, 4:00 p.m. |
Vandenberg AFB SLC-5 | Scout A | Investigation of the thermosphere , the radio noise from thunderstorms and from the Milky Way |
Ariel 4 | 1971-109A |
December 11, 1971,
20:47 |
Vandenberg AFB SLC-5 | Scout B1 | Investigation of the ionosphere |
Ariel 5 | 1974-077A | October 15, 1974, 7:47 am |
San Marco platform | Scout B1 | Search for X-ray sources |
Ariel 6 | 1979-047A | June 2, 1979, 11:26 pm |
Wallops Flight Facility | Scout D1 | Astronomical research |
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literature
- Heinz Mielke: Lexicon of space travel. 6th edition, transpress VEB publishing house for transport, Berlin, 1980
Web links
- Ariel in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Gunter′s Space Page : Ariel 1, 2 , Ariel 3, 4 , Ariel 5 and Ariel 6 (all English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Web archive: Ariel 1 at www.space.co.uk ( Memento from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ BBC - ON THIS DAY