Ariel 5 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

15 Oct 1974, 7:47am

Pad

San Marco platform

Vehicle

Mission

Ariel 5

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 5 was a joint British and American space telescope which monitored the sky in the X-ray band.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:55pm UTC

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