flown missionSuccess
Scout B-1 | Ariel 5
Science and Engineering Research CouncilSan Marco platform — Broglio Space Center, Kenya
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Ariel 5
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Scout B-1
- Family
- Scout
- Variant
- B-1
- Provider
- Science and Engineering Research Council
- Type
- Government
- Country
- GBR
launch site
- Pad
- San Marco platform
- Location
- Broglio Space Center, Kenya
- Country
- ITA
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
- Coordinates
- -2.9383, 40.2103