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STEREO A
Solar wind observatory.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
Solar wind observatory. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2006-047; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 26 October 2006, 00:52:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 7925-10L
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket launched the STEREO A mission on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 12:52 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- United Launch Alliance (ULA)
- Vehicle
- Delta II
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2006-047
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Oct 26, 2006, 00:52 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Oct 26 2006
- Pad and location
- SLC-17B, 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
STEREO A
Solar wind observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S29510
- Manufacturer
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Launch mass
- 620 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 2.6 m diameter · 8.6 m span
STEREO B
Solar wind observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S29511
- Manufacturer
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Launch mass
- 620 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 2.6 m diameter · 8.6 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from STEREO A.
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