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1965 · United States Air Force

Alouette 2

successThor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2

Canadian small ionospheric observatory instrumented with a sweep-frequency ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle experiment, a cosmic noise experiment, and an electrostatic probe.

Overview

Date / time
November 29, 1965 at 04:48 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 2E
Mission
Alouette 2
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Thor SLV-2 Agena B →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 2

ALOUETTE 2
MEO
EXPLORER 31 (ISIS-X)
MEO