LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Fri May 05 1967

Science and Engineering Research Council

Ariel 3

Launch Successful

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

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Rocket Details

Name:

Scout A

Description:

The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
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.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 5