Success
Ariel 6
Astrophysics
Science and Engineering Research Council(SERC)Government
Scout D-1
LEOorbit
Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 6 primary experiment was a cosmic ray detector. Satellite also carried X-ray telescopes.
Saturday, June 2, 1979 at 11:26 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#2,221
SERC Mission
#6
Pad Launch
#17
Location Launch
#46
Designator
1979-047
Launch Window
NET
Jun 2, 1979, 11:26 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Wallops Flight Facility is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and north-northeast of Norfolk. The facility is operated by the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and primarily serves to support science and exploration missions for NASA and other federal agencies. WFF includes an extensively instrumented range to support launches of more than a dozen types of sounding rockets; small expendable suborbital and orbital rockets; high-altitude balloon flights carrying scientific instruments for atmospheric and astronomical research; and, using its Research Airport, flight tests of aeronautical research aircraft, including uncrewed aerial vehicles.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Jun 2, 1979, 7:26 PM
Total Launches
86
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
37.9333, -75.4678
Scout D-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
25 m
Diameter
1.14 m
Launch Mass
20 t
Thrust
464 kN
LEO Capacity
183 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1972
Fastest Turnaround
6d 2h
Total Launches
16
Successful
16
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
16
Maiden flight: Aug 13, 1972
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