SERC Scout D-1 Ariel 6
Scout D-1
Status
Success
Date
2 JUN 1979
23:26
Launch Provider
Science and Engineering Research Council
Launch Pad
Launch Area 3A
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Overview
Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 6 primary experiment was a cosmic ray detector. Satellite also carried X-ray telescopes.
Rocket
Scout D-1
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
25 m
Diameter
1.14 m
Launch Mass
20 T
Thrust
464 kN