Delta 7920-8 | ACE
Status: Success | Launched: Aug 25, 1997 14:39 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
- Rocket: Delta II 7920-8 — Delta family
Mission
The objective of the ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) is to collect observations of particles of solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic origins, spanning the energy range from that of keV.solar wind ions to galactic cosmic ray nuclei up to 600 MeV/nucleon.
- Type: Astrophysics
- Orbit: Heliocentric L1 (L1-point)
Launch Site
- Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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