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Delta 7925-10 | Wind
United States Air Force · Delta II 7925-10 · Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 945th launch · 11th this year · humanity's 3,942nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 1, 09:31 – Nov 1, 09:31 UTC
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Wind
The main purpose of the Wind spacecraft is to measure the incoming solar wind, magnetic fields and particles, although early on it will also observe the Earth's foreshock region. Wind, together with Geotail, Polar, SOHO, and Cluster projects, constitute a cooperative scientific satellite project designated the International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program which aims at gaining improved understanding of the physics of solar terrestrial relations.
Astrophysics · Heliocentric L1 (L1-point)
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