Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
British X-ray sky survey. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1974-077; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 15 October 1974, 07:47:00 UTC
- Launch location
- San Marco Launch Complex, Formosa Bay, Kenya
- Launch vehicle
- Scout B-1
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (equatorial)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 14 March 1980
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Ariel V
British X-ray sky survey.
- GCAT ID
- S07471
- Manufacturer
- British Aircraft Corp.
- Launch mass
- 135 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 0.9 m diameter · 1 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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