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Science and Engineering Research Council • Scout B-1 • Space Launch Complex 5 (CA)
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Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 4 primary mission was to study ionosphere.
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Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 4 primary mission was to study ionosphere.
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Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 4 primary mission was to study ionosphere.
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.
The Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) and its predecessor the Science Research Council (SRC) were the UK agencies in charge of publicly funded scientific and engineering research activities, including astronomy, biotechnology and biological sciences, space research and particle physics, between 1965 and 1994.
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