Arianespace

ISO

Ariane 44P

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, November 17, 1995 · 01:20 UTC

Mission

/01

SO (Infrared Space Observatory) was a infrared space telescope designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS and NASA. ISO was designed to study infrared light at wavelengths of 2.5 to 240 micrometers to provide detailed infrared properties of selected Galactic and extragalactic sources.

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Ariane 44P

Variant: 44P

Launch Pad

Ariane Launch Area 2

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

5.232° N, 52.778° W

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