SERC Scout X-3 Ariel 2
Scout X-3
Status
Success
Date
27 MAR 1964
17:25
Launch Provider
Science and Engineering Research Council
Launch Pad
Launch Area 3
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Scout X-3
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
24 m
Diameter
1.01 m
Launch Mass
17 T
Thrust
513 kN