LAUNCH MISSION

USAF Thor Delta E1 Isis 1

Name: USAF Thor Delta E1 Isis 1
Start: 1969-01-30T06:46:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 2E

Status

Success

DATE

30 JAN 1969

LAUNCH PROVIDER

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E

Description

ISIS 1 (International Satellite for Ionosphere Studies) was an ionospheric observatory instrumented with sweep- and fixed-frequency ionosondes, a VLF receiver, energetic and soft particle detectors, an ion mass spectrometer, an electrostatic probe, an electrostatic analyzer, a beacon transmitter, and a cosmic noise experiment.

Thor Delta E1

Rocket Description

American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.

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