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

Thor Delta E1

Status

Success

Date

30 JAN 1969

06:46

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Thor Delta E1

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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

Height

28 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

68 T

Thrust

1,450 kN