Delta II 7920-8 | Advanced Composition Explorer

Status

Success

Advanced Composition Explorer

Launch Time
Mon Aug 25, 1997 14:39 UTC

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Rocket

Delta II 7920-8

Image Credit: ULA

Boeing

Status: Retired

Liftoff Thrust: 3,511 kN

Payload to LEO: 5,000 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 9

Rocket Height: 38.1 m

Fairing Diameter: 2.4 m

Fairing Height: 8.49 m

Details

Mission Details

Advanced Composition Explorer

Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) is a NASA Explorers program Solar and space exploration mission to study matter comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 562.0 kg

Heliocentric Orbit

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Location

SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

1997

47th orbital launch attempt

Delta II

61st mission

7th mission of 1997

59th successful mission

6th consecutive successful mission