Status
Success
HILAT
Launch Time
Mon Jun 27, 1983 15:37 UTC
Mon Jun 27, 1983 15:37 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
HILAT
The HILAT (High Latitude Reseach Satellite) spacecraft (also known as P83-1) was the refurbished Transit-O 16 spacecraft, which carried experiments intended to provide remote-sensing and in situ measurements of physical quantities likely to provide insight into the dynamics of plasma-density irregularity formation in the high-latitude ionosphere.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 248.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-5, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
1983
64th orbital launch attempt
Scout
84th mission
1st mission of 1983
71st successful mission
33rd consecutive successful mission