Английская Википедия:Ariel 4
Шаблон:Infobox spaceflight Ariel 4, known pre-launch as UK 4, was a British ionospheric research satellite, which was operated by the Science and Engineering Research Council. It was launched 11 December 1971, aboard an American Scout rocket. Experiments were designed to meet one scientific objective, making it the first mission-oriented satellite for the UK. It was also the first satellite in the Ariel programme to contain an American experiment. Ariel 4 decayed from orbit on 12 December 1978
Design
Development
Ariel 4 leveraged both the design and hardware of Ariel 3 to reduce costs. Ariel 4 used pieces of its predecessor's flight backup unit and spare parts. The satellite cost about 1.25 million pounds.Шаблон:Sfn
Operation
British Aircraft Corporation was the prime contractor.Шаблон:Sfn Ariel 4 had a launch mass of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn It was the first satellite in the Ariel programme to be able to perform attitude maneuvers.Шаблон:Sfn
Sensors
It was the first satellite of the Ariel programme to have a mission-orientated payload, where all of the experiments are designed to research one scientific objective. The scientific objective was to "...study the interaction between high energy charged particles and electromagnetic radiation in the upper ionsphere and magnetosphere.Шаблон:Sfn Three of the five experiments on Ariel 3 were to determine a single scientific objective, so those three were improved for use on Ariel 4 and an additional experiment was added.Шаблон:Sfn
Experiments accounted for Шаблон:Convert of the spacecraft's mass.Шаблон:Sfn
It was also the first in the program to carry an American experiment.Шаблон:Sfn
Mission
Launch
The launch of Ariel 4 occurred at 20:47:01 GMT on 11 December 1971, from Space Launch Complex 5 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base.[1] It was conducted by NASA, using a Scout B-1 rocket.[2]
Operations
Ariel 4 was placed into a low Earth orbit, with a perigee of Шаблон:Convert, an apogee of Шаблон:Convert, 82.9 degrees of inclination and an orbital period of 95.3 minutes as of 10 January 1972. It decayed from orbit on 12 December 1978.[3]
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References
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