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Scout B-1
Launched 1974-10-15 07:47 UTCSan Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
83rd
orbital launch attempt in 1974
Science and Engineering Research Council
2nd
launch this year
San Marco platform
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
238 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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
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scheduled
Height
22m
Diameter
1m
Liftoff thrust
440kN
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