Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.

Ariel 1 (also known as UK-1 and S-55) was the first British satellite and the first satellite in the Ariel programme. Its launch in 1962 made the United Kingdom the third country to operate a satellite after the Soviet Union and the USA. It was constructed in the United States by NASA under an agreement reached as the result of political discussions in 1959 and 1960.

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