1980 · United States Air Force
Solar Maximum Mission
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Solarmax (also known as Solar Maximum Mission or SMM) was a solar observation satellite. Its primary mission was the study of solar flares.
Overview
- Date / time
- February 14, 1980 at 03:57 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- Mission
- Solar Maximum Mission
- Mission type
- Heliophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit