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Ariel 2
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 27 Mar 1964, 05:25 pm UTC
Rocket: Scout X-3 (Scout)
Provider: Science and Engineering Research Council
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Area 3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Description
Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 2 was designed to carry out radio astronomy experiments and was used to measure galactic radio noise.