Success
Ariel 5
Astrophysics
Science and Engineering Research Council(SERC)Government
Scout B-1
LEOorbit
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.
Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 7:47 AM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#1,621
SERC Mission
#5
Pad Launch
#7
Location Launch
#7
Designator
1974-077
Launch Window
NET
Oct 15, 1974, 7:47 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Broglio Space Center, Kenya
The Luigi Broglio Space Center (BSC) located near Malindi, Kenya, is an Italian Space Agency (ASI) Spaceport. It served as a spaceport for the launch of both Italian and international satellites, but is currently only used for satellite communications.
Timezone
Africa/Nairobi
Local Launch Time
Oct 15, 1974, 10:47 AM
Total Launches
9
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
-2.9383, 40.2125
Scout B-1 Specs
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.
Length
22 m
Diameter
1.02 m
Launch Mass
17 t
Thrust
440 kN
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1971
Fastest Turnaround
3mo 27d
Total Launches
5
Successful
5
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
5
Maiden flight: Aug 16, 1971
Science and Engineering Research Council
The Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) and its predecessor the Science Research Council (SRC) were the UK agencies in charge of publicly funded scientific and engineering research activities, including astronomy, biotechnology and biological sciences, space research and particle physics, between 1965 and 1994.
Founded
1965
Total Launches
6
Successful
6
Failed
0
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
6