IMAGE

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

20:34:44

Saturday March 25, 2000

Mission Details

IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration) is a NASA Medium Explorers mission that studied the global response of the Earth's magnetosphere to changes in the solar wind.

Polar Orbit

1 Payload

210 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

Delta II 7326

Active 2000 to 2001

Manufacturer

ULA

Rocket

Height: 38.1m

Payload to Orbit

GTO: 934 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,533 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.9m

Height: 8.49m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

3

Launch Site

SLC-2W

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

13 days 1 hour

SLC-2W

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

13 days 1 hour

Stats

Delta II

89th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2000

2000

19th

Orbital launch attempt