Ariel 3 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

5 May 1967, 4:00pm

Location

Vandenberg SFB Launch Site

Vandenberg SFB

Pad

Space Launch Complex 5

Launch Service Provider

Science and Engineering Research Council logo

Science and Engineering Research Council

Vehicle

Scout A

Mission

Ariel 3

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 3 was used to study atmospheric phenomena, and it also continued the previous satellite's experiments in gathering data on galactic radio noise.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC

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