STEREO

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:52:00

Thursday October 26, 2006

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STEREO

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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.

Heliocentric Orbit

2 Payloads

619 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Delta II 7925-10L

Active 2006 to 2009

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Manufacturer

ULA

Rocket

Height: 39.3m

Payload to Orbit

GTO: 1,739 kg

Liftoff Thrust

3,511 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Height: 9.3m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

9

Launch Site

SLC-17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

20 days 2 hours

Stats

Delta II


124th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2006

2006


50th

Orbital launch attempt