Ariel 2 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

27 Mar 1964, 5:25pm

Location

Wallops Island Launch Site

Wallops Island

Pad

Launch Area 3

Launch Service Provider

Science and Engineering Research Council logo

Science and Engineering Research Council

Vehicle

Scout X-3

Mission

Ariel 2

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

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.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC

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