Space AtlasARIEL 1 (UK-1)
NORAD 285 · Payload · Reentered 1976-05-24
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1962-04-26 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- UK (Europe)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Space science
- Mass
- 60 kg
- Size
- 0.6 × 0.6 m · 3 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 185 × 191 km
- Inclination
- 53.8°
- Period
- 88.1 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.