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Ariel 6
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 2 June 1979, 11:26 pm UTC
Rocket: Scout D-1 (Scout)
Provider: Science and Engineering Research Council
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Description
Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 6 primary experiment was a cosmic ray detector. Satellite also carried X-ray telescopes.