Status
Success
Wind
Launch Time
Tue Nov 01, 1994 09:31 UTC
Tue Nov 01, 1994 09:31 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Wind
Wind was deployed to study radio waves and plasma that occur in the solar wind and in the Earth's magnetosphere. The spacecraft's original mission was to orbit the Sun at the L1 Lagrangian point, but this was delayed to study the magnetosphere and near lunar environment when the SOHO and ACE spacecraft were sent to the same location.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,195.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1994
74th orbital launch attempt
Delta II
41st mission
3rd mission of 1994
41st successful mission