1969 · European Space Research Organisation

ESRO 1B (Boreas)

successScout B | ESRO 1B (Boreas)

ESRO-1B / Boreas (European Space Research Organisation) was a 80 kg, cylindrically shaped, solar-cell-powered spacecraft instrumented with seven scientific experiments chosen to measure a comprehensive range of auroral effects.

Overview

Date / time: October 1, 1969 at 10:29 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 5
Mission: ESRO 1B (Boreas)
Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

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Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

ESRO-1B (BOREAS)

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