Ariel VI

|- | colspan=" 2" style=" text-align: center; background: #001000; " | |- | colspan=" 2" style=" make-size: smaller; text-align: center; " | Image to come |- ! align=" left" | Organization | Science Research Council (the U.K.), NASA |- ! align=" left" | Field | x-rays and cosmic rays |- ! align=" left" | Orbits | 600-650 km |- ! align=" left" | Slope | 55° |- ! align=" left" | Launching | June 2nd 1979 |- ! align=" left" | Extraction | February 1982 |- ! align=" left" | Mass | xx, 000 kg |- ! align=" left" | Other names | UK6 (before its placing in orbit) |- ! colspan=" 2" style=" background: #6295DA; text-align: center; " | Physical characteristics |- ! align=" left" | Technology | meters X proportional to multiple layers |- ! align=" left" | Diameter | -- |- ! align=" left" | Surface | 300 cm (total) |- ! colspan=" 2" style=" background: #6295DA; text-align: center; " | Instruments |- style=" vertical-align: signal; " | 1 ||telescope with x-rays (1-50 keV) |- style=" vertical-align: signal; " | 2 ||telescope with x-rays (0.25 keV) |- style=" vertical-align: signal; " | 3 ||experiment on the cosmic rays |}

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External bonds

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/ariel6.html

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