United States Air Force

Geotail & DUVE

Delta II 6925

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, July 24, 1992 · 14:26 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Planetary Science

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Delta II 6925

Variant: 6925

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.447° N, 80.565° W

98

Pad Launches

459

Location Launches

913

Agency Launches

45

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