Lockheed MartinAtlas IIASLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SOHO
Launched
December 2, 1995
Image: NASA
Summary
SOHO launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 2, 1995. It was Lockheed Martin's 15th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 4,032nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Atlas IIAS flight and the 4th this year. 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
- Atlas IIAS · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Heliocentric L1 (L1-point)
- Milestone
- 6th Atlas IIAS flight · 4th this yearLockheed Martin's 15th launch8th this yearhumanity's 4,032nd orbital launch attempt71st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- SOHO · NORAD 23726 · left Earth orbit December 2, 1995
Centaur AC-121 · left Earth orbit December 2, 1995
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) is a joint ESA-NASA solar observatory.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
53rd launch from Launch Complex 36B, 5th this year · 504th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
95 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SOHO launch?
SOHO launched on December 2, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SOHO?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SOHO?
Atlas IIAS, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIAS spec sheet
Where did SOHO launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was SOHO going to?
Heliocentric L1 (L1-point), a astrophysics mission.
How many satellites did SOHO launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).