Space AtlasARIEL 5 (UK 5)
NORAD 7471 · Payload · Reentered 1980-03-14
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1974-10-15 · San Marco platform, Kenya
- Country / operator
- UK (Europe)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Astronomy
- Mass
- 135 kg
- Size
- 1 × 0.9 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 196 × 198 km
- Inclination
- 2.9°
- Period
- 88.3 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002
- 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.