Ariel V

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Ariel V was a joint British-American space observatory dedicated to observing the sky in the X-ray band. It was launched on October 15, 1974 from the San Marco platform in the Indian Ocean and operated until 1980.

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HEASARC: Observatories - The Ariel V Satellite. NASA. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.