Ariel 5
Scout B-1
Science and Engineering Research Council
Mission
Ariel 5
Type: Astrophysics
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.
Location
San Marco platform
Broglio Space Center, Kenya
9 rockets have launched from Broglio Space Center, Kenya.
Rocket
Scout B-1 – Vought
Family: Scout
Length: 22 m
Diameter: 1.02 m
Launch Mass: 17 T
The Scout B-1 was manufactured by Vought with the first launch on 1971-08-16. Scout B-1 has 5 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 5 launches. 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.
Agency
Science and Engineering Research Council
Type: Government
Abbreviation: SERC
Founded: 1965
Country: GBR
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.
