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1992 · United States Air Force

Geotail & DUVE

successDelta 6925 | Geotail & DUVE

The Geotail mission measures global energy flow and transformation in the magnetotail to increase understanding of fundamental magnetospheric processes. The objective of tthe DUVE experiment is to perform sensitive spectroscopy of diffuse emissions from the interstellar medium to increase the understanding of the dynamics and evolution of the interstellar medium and the Galaxy.

Overview

Date / time
July 24, 1992 at 02:26 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 17A
Mission
Geotail & DUVE
Mission type
Planetary Science
Orbit achieved
Elliptical Orbit
Launch vehicle
Delta II 6925 →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

GEOTAIL
HEO