Ariel 6
Scout D-1
Science and Engineering Research Council
Mission
Ariel 6
Type: Astrophysics
Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 6 primary experiment was a cosmic ray detector. Satellite also carried X-ray telescopes.
Location
Launch Area 3A
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
74 rockets have launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA.
Rocket
Scout D-1 – Vought
- Family: Scout
- Length: 25 m
- Diameter: 1.14 m
- Launch Mass: 20 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 183 kg
The Scout D-1 was manufactured by Vought with the first launch on 1972-08-13. Scout D-1 has 16 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 16 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 – SERC
- 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.
