Comet
ISEE-3
L1 and comet probe.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
L1 and comet probe. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1978-079; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 12 August 1978, 15:12 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 2914
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A U.S. Air Force Delta 2000 rocket launched the ISEE 3 mission on Saturday, August 12, 1978 at 3:12 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- U.S. Air Force
- Vehicle
- Delta 2000
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1978-079
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Aug 12, 1978, 15:12 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Aug 12 1978
- Pad and location
- SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 5 May 1997
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
ISEE-3
L1 and comet probe.
- GCAT ID
- S11004
- Manufacturer
- GSFC/FAIR
- Launch mass
- 479 kg
- Propulsion
- MRE-4
- Dimensions
- 1.6 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 92 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from ISEE-3.
Verification
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