Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar observatory. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1979-017; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 24 February 1979, 08:20 UTC
- Launch location
- South Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas F/OIS
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 13 September 1985
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
SOLWIND
Solar observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S11278
- Manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace
- Launch mass
- 875 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.8 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 2.8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from SOLWIND.
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