MISSION NAME
Ariel 3 3
Status
Success
DATE
5 MAY 1967
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Science and Engineering Research Council
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 5
Description
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.
Scout A
Rocket Description
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.