1979 · United States Air Force
HEAO 3
successAtlas SLV-3D Centaur | HEAO 3
Astronomy satellite dedicated to gamma and cosmic rays
Overview
- Date / time
- September 20, 1979 at 05:28 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36B
- Mission
- HEAO 3
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit