Ariel 6
Mission
Ariel-6
RAL Space Involvement
Project management, operations, ground-system hardware and software for planning, data processing
Subject
Astronomy
Main Objectives
Monitoring the X-ray sky with a comprehensive payload
Launch Date
2 June 1979
Contact
Richard Holdaway
Current Phase
Past
Description
Carrying three scientific instruments: one a cosmic ray experiment and two were X-Ray experiments.
Further Project Information
NASA (link opens in a new window)
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