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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.
Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 4 primary mission was to study ionosphere.
Height 22.00 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 440 kN
Diameter 1.02 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 17 Tonnes
Launch Success 5
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 1971-08-16
Launch Failures 0