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Delta 7920-8 | ACE

Name: Delta 7920-8 | ACE
Start: 1997-08-25T14:39:00.000Z
End: 1997-08-25T14:39:00.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

August 25, 1997 at 2:39 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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August 25, 1997 at 2:39 PM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4472, -80.5650

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Rocket: Delta 7920-8
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17A
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: August 25, 1997 at 2:39 PM UTC
Window closes: August 25, 1997 at 2:39 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:40 PM UTC

Mission description

The objective of the ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) is to collect observations of particles of solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic origins, spanning the energy range from that of keV.solar wind ions to galactic cosmic ray nuclei up to 600 MeV/nucleon.

Vehicle

Delta 7920-8

Delta · 7920-8

Height

39 m

Diameter

2.44 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 17A

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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