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Thor Delta E1 | Isis 1

United States Air Force · Thor Delta E1 · Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

United States Air Force's 477th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 930th orbital launch attempt

January 30, 1969Add to calendar
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Window: Jan 30, 06:46Jan 30, 06:46 UTC

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Isis 1

ISIS 1 (International Satellite for Ionosphere Studies) was an ionospheric observatory instrumented with sweep- and fixed-frequency ionosondes, a VLF receiver, energetic and soft particle detectors, an ion mass spectrometer, an electrostatic probe, an electrostatic analyzer, a beacon transmitter, and a cosmic noise experiment.

Earth Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

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Pad — Space Launch Complex 2E

47 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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