Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Ariel 3 was the first artificial satellite designed and constructed in the United Kingdom. it was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on May 5 1967 aboard a Scout rocket. Ariel 3 had an orbital period of approximately 95 minutes with an apogee of 608 km and a perigee of 497 km. It initially spun at 31 rpm for stability though by the time the Ariel 3 deorbited it had slowed to a rate of about 1 rpm.Ariel 3 carried five experiments.