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Scout D-1
Launched 1979-06-02 23:26 UTCLaunch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
48th
orbital launch attempt in 1979
Science and Engineering Research Council
1st
launch this year
Launch Area 3A
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
104 d 7 h
since the pad's previous launch
Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 6 primary experiment was a cosmic ray detector. Satellite also carried X-ray telescopes.
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
1.1m
To low Earth orbit
183kg
Liftoff thrust
464kN
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