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1969 · United States Air Force

Isis 1

successThor Delta E1 | Isis 1

ISIS 1 (International Satellite for Ionosphere Studies) was an ionospheric observatory instrumented with sweep- and fixed-frequency ionosondes, a VLF receiver, energetic and soft particle detectors, an ion mass spectrometer, an electrostatic probe, an electrostatic analyzer, a beacon transmitter, and a cosmic noise experiment.

Overview

Date / time
January 30, 1969 at 06:46 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 2E
Mission
Isis 1
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Elliptical Orbit
Launch vehicle
Thor Delta E1 →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

ISIS 1
MEO