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1997 · United States Air Force

ACE

successDelta 7920-8 | ACE

The objective of the ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) is to collect observations of particles of solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic origins, spanning the energy range from that of keV.solar wind ions to galactic cosmic ray nuclei up to 600 MeV/nucleon.

Overview

Date / time
August 25, 1997 at 02:39 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 17A
Mission
ACE
Mission type
Astrophysics
Orbit achieved
Heliocentric L1
Launch vehicle
Delta II 7920-8 →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

ACE
Deep Space