Ariel 1

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Satellite
gptkbp:analyzes Conducted by international teams
Conducted_by_UK_scientists
Conducted_by_US_scientists
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkb:University_of_London
NASA
gptkbp:communicationEquipment gptkb:UHF
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dataUsage Yes
gptkbp:design 3 years
gptkbp:forward 50 degrees
gptkbp:gameFeatures 1,000 km
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ariel 1
gptkbp:isMaintainedBy 9 years
gptkbp:launchDate April 26, 1962
gptkbp:launched gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
150 kg
gptkbp:launchVehicle Delta D
gptkbp:mayHave 600 km
gptkbp:mission Low Earth Orbit
Scientific
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:orbitalInclination 100 minutes
gptkbp:powers Solar panels
gptkbp:primaryMission Study of the ionosphere
gptkbp:respondsTo 1971
gptkbp:scientificName Spectrometers
Photometers
Magnetometers
Study of cosmic rays
Study of atmospheric phenomena
Study of solar radiation
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1971
gptkbp:significance Contributed to understanding of the ionosphere
First_UK_satellite_for_scientific_research
Pioneered_UK_space_science
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ariel_2
gptkbp:type Magnetic field data
Radiation data
Ionospheric_data
gptkbp:weight 150 kg