Status
Success
RHESSI
Launch Time
Tue Feb 05, 2002 20:58 UTC
Tue Feb 05, 2002 20:58 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
RHESSI
Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI, originally High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager or HESSI) is a NASA solar flare observatory. Its primary mission is to explore the physics of particle acceleration and energy release in solar flares.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 293.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Stargazer, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2002
4th orbital launch attempt
Pegasus
31st mission
1st mission of 2002
26th successful mission
17th consecutive successful mission