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1979 · United States Air Force

Solwind

successAtlas F/OIS | Solwind

Experimental scientific satellite dedicated to solar wind

Overview

Date / time: February 24, 1979 at 08:20 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 3W
Mission: Solwind
Mission type: Heliophysics
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

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