Advanced Composition Explorer

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

14:39:00

Monday August 25, 1997

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Wiki

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.

Heliocentric Orbit

1 Payload

562 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

Delta II 7920-8

Active in 1997

Manufacturer

ULA

Rocket

Height: 38.1m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 5,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

3,511 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.4m

Height: 8.49m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

9

Launch Site

SLC-17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

11 days 12 hours

SLC-17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

11 days 12 hours

Stats

Delta II

61st

Mission

7th

Mission of 1997

1997

47th

Orbital launch attempt