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Success
Tue Oct 15 1974
Science and Engineering Research Council

Ariel 5

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

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No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Scout B-1

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.

Scout B-1 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Astrophysics
  • 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Broglio Space Center, Kenya

Pad

San Marco platform