Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
STEREO
STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched in 2006 into orbits around the Sun that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth. This enables stereoscopic imaging of the Sun and solar phenomena, such as coronal mass ejections.
Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 619.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2006
50th orbital launch attempt
Delta II
124th mission
4th mission of 2006
122nd successful mission
69th consecutive successful mission