1996 · United States Air Force
Polar
successDelta 7925-10 | Polar
Polar is one of four spacecraft in the Global Geospace Science (GGS) program. These are among the spacecraft (Wind, Geotail, SOHO, and Cluster) in the International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program. POLAR measures solar wind entry, ionospheric output, and the depositions of energy into the neutral atmosphere at high latitudes.
Overview
- Date / time
- February 24, 1996 at 11:24 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- Mission
- Polar
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Elliptical Orbit