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Delta 7925-10 | Wind

November 1, 1994 at 9:31 AM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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November 1, 1994 at 9:31 AM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4458, -80.5657

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Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Delta 7925-10

Delta · 7925-10

Height

38.9 m

Diameter

2.44 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

Successful launches

2

Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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