United States Air Force
Polar
Delta II 7925-10
SUCCESS
Success
Saturday, February 24, 1996 · 11:24 UTC
Mission
/01Polar is one of four spacecraft in the Global Geospace Science (GGS) program. These are among the spacecraft (Wind, Geotail, SOHO, and Cluster) in the International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program. POLAR measures solar wind entry, ionospheric output, and the depositions of energy into the neutral atmosphere at high latitudes.
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Delta II 7925-10
Variant: 7925-10
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.756° N, 120.622° W
49
Pad Launches
567
Location Launches
961
Agency Launches
14
Orbital This Year