Ariel 3

  1967-042A

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Ariel 3 was the first British-built satellite, developed by British Aircraft Corp. for the Royal Aircraft Establishment and the Science Research Council. NASA provided the Scout launch from Vandenberg and mission control from Goddard. SRC managed the science mission,which was mostly focused on cosmic rays studies.

Ariel 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 May 5	1600:01	Launch by Scout S155C	V
		T+1:19 Stage 1 burnout
		T+1:21 Stage 2 burn theta=36.5 az=171
		T+2:01 Stage 2 burnout
		T+2:18 Stage 3 burn
		T+2:53? Stage 3 burnout
		T+9:21 Stage 4 spinup
		T+9:23 Stage 3 sep
		T+9:27 Stage 4 burn
	1609:51	T+9:50 Stage 4 burnout
			95.7 497 x 608 x 80.2
	1610:58	T+10:57 Yo-yo despin
		T+11:27 Boom release
	1614:58	T+14:57 Stage 4 sep
1968 Apr		End of VLF expt
1968 Dec		Power failure, daylight ops only
1969 Sep		Decommissioned
1970 Dec 14		Reentered