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Ariel 1
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 26 Apr 1962, 06:00 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor Delta (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 1 was designed to study solar radiation and its impact on Earth's ionosphere.