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1973 · United States Air Force

AE-C

successDelta 1900 | AE-C

Scientific satellite dedicated to photochemical processes in the Earth's atmosphere

Overview

Date / time: December 16, 1973 at 06:18 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 2W
Mission: AE-C
Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit achieved: Elliptical Orbit

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

EXPLORER 51 (AE-C)