Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:52:00
Thursday October 26, 2006
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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
Manufacturer
ULARocket
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
124th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2006
50th
Orbital launch attempt