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Launched 1967-05-05 16:00:01 UTCSpace Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
47th
orbital launch attempt in 1967
Science and Engineering Research Council
1st
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 5
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
21 d 12 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
The Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) and its predecessor the Science Research Council (SRC) were the UK agencies in charge of publicly funded scientific and engineering research activities, including astronomy, biotechnology and biological sciences, space research and particle physics, between 1965 and 1994.
Launches
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Successful
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Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
25m
Diameter
1m
To low Earth orbit
122kg
Liftoff thrust
513kN
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