Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
Solar observatory. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1995-065; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 2 December 1995, 08:08:01 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas IIAS
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Lockheed Martin Atlas II rocket launched the SOHO mission on Saturday, December 2, 1995 at 8:08 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Vehicle
- Atlas II
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1995-065
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Dec 2, 1995, 08:08 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Dec 02 1995
- Pad and location
- LC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
SOHO
Solar observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S23726
- Manufacturer
- Matra Marconi Space (Toulouse)
- Launch mass
- 1,864 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.7 m long · 3.7 m diameter · 9.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from SOHO.
Verification
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