United States Air ForceDelta II 7920-8Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
ACE
Launched
August 25, 1997
Image: NASA
Summary
ACE launched on an United States Air Force Delta II 7920-8 from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 25, 1997. It was United States Air Force's 981st launch, 9th this year and humanity's 4,165th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta II 7920-8 flight. The payload was bound for Heliocentric L1 (L1-point). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta II 7920-8 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Heliocentric L1 (L1-point)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta II 7920-8 flightUnited States Air Force's 981st launch9th this yearhumanity's 4,165th orbital launch attempt47th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- ACE · NORAD 24912 · left Earth orbit August 26, 1997
Delta 247 · left Earth orbit August 26, 1997
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The objective of the ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) is to collect observations of particles of solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic origins, spanning the energy range from that of keV.solar wind ions to galactic cosmic ray nuclei up to 600 MeV/nucleon.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
114th launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 4th this year · 532nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
33 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did ACE launch?
ACE launched on August 25, 1997. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ACE?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ACE?
Delta II 7920-8, flown by United States Air Force. Delta II 7920-8 spec sheet
Where did ACE launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was ACE going to?
Heliocentric L1 (L1-point), a astrophysics mission.
How many satellites did ACE launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).