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Ariel 1
Ionospheric research satellite. Ariel 1 was launched on April 26, 1962 aboard a Thor Delta from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 24, 1976).
COSPAR 1962 OMI 1NORAD 285United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Ariel 1
- Payload designation
- UK 1
- Other names
- NASA S-51:P
- International designator
- 1962 OMI 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 285
- GCAT identifier
- S00285
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.007
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- UK
- Owner
- BNCSR
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- Ariel
Launch
- Date
- April 26, 1962 · 18:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 OMISuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Delta
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 397 km
- Apogee
- 1,202 km
- Inclination
- 53.86°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 24, 1976
- Last known active
- Nov 9, 1964
- End of operations
- Nov 9, 1964
Size
- Mass
- 60 kg
- Dry mass
- 60 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 62 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q636557 (CC0).