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Thor Delta E1 | Isis 2

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

United States Air Force's 545th launch · 9th this year · humanity's 1,199th orbital launch attempt

April 1, 1971Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Apr 1, 02:57Apr 1, 02:57 UTC

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Isis 2

ISIS 2 was an ionospheric observatory instrumented with a sweep- and a fixed-frequency ionosonde, a VLF receiver, energetic and soft particle detectors, an ion mass spectrometer, an electrostatic probe, a retarding potential analyzer, a beacon transmitter, a cosmic noise experiment, and two photometers.

Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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Pad — Space Launch Complex 2E

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

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