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1971 · United States Air Force

Isis 2

successThor Delta E1 | Isis 2

ISIS 2 was an ionospheric observatory instrumented with a sweep- and a fixed-frequency ionosonde, a VLF receiver, energetic and soft particle detectors, an ion mass spectrometer, an electrostatic probe, a retarding potential analyzer, a beacon transmitter, a cosmic noise experiment, and two photometers.

Overview

Date / time
April 1, 1971 at 02:57 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 2E
Mission
Isis 2
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Thor Delta E1 →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

ISIS 2
LEO