United States Air Force
Solar Maximum Mission
Delta 3910
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, February 14, 1980 · 15:57 UTC
Mission
/01Solarmax (also known as Solar Maximum Mission or SMM) was a solar observation satellite. Its primary mission was the study of solar flares.
Mission Type
Heliophysics
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Delta 3910
Variant: 3910
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.447° N, 80.565° W
69
Pad Launches
365
Location Launches
753
Agency Launches
14
Orbital This Year