Space Print from NASA: 2nd British Satellite Ariel. This shows the satellite, known as UK-2 before launch, being tested at the launch site at Wallops Island, Virginia. Ariel 2 was successfully launched by an American Scout rocket from Wallops Island on 27th March 1964 and returned data for eight months (NASA Media Archives). Buy this picture as an unframed print or poster, a framed print or a mounted box canvas print.