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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulAstrophysicsDelta 7925-10
Launched 1994-11-01 09:31 UTCSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Heliocentric L1
Worldwide
74th
orbital launch attempt in 1994
United States Air Force
11th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 17B
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
254 d 9 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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
38.9m
Diameter
2.4m
Liftoff thrust
4,000kN
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