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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulPlanetary ScienceDelta 6925
Launched 1992-07-24 14:26 UTCSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Elliptical Orbit
Worldwide
45th
orbital launch attempt in 1992
United States Air Force
10th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 17A
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
46 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
The Geotail mission measures global energy flow and transformation in the magnetotail to increase understanding of fundamental magnetospheric processes. The objective of tthe DUVE experiment is to perform sensitive spectroscopy of diffuse emissions from the interstellar medium to increase the understanding of the dynamics and evolution of the interstellar medium and the Galaxy.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
38.1m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
3,981kg
Liftoff thrust
3,981kN
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