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1978 · United States Air Force

Einstein Observatory

successAtlas SLV-3D Centaur | Einstein Observatory

Astrophysics research satellite

Overview

Date / time: November 13, 1978 at 05:24 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 36B
Mission: Einstein Observatory
Mission type: Astrophysics
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1