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Delta 7326-9.5 | IMAGE

United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 2W — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
IMAGE
Type
Planetary Science
Target orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration) uses neutral atom, ultraviolet, and radio imaging techniques to identify the dominant mechanisms for injecting plasma into the magnetosphere on substorm and magnetic storm time scales, determine the directly driven response of the magnetosphere to solar wind changes; and, discover how and where magnetospheric plasmas are energized, transported, and subsequently lost during substorms and magnetic storms.

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Delta II 7326-9.5
Family
Delta
Variant
7326-9.5
Provider
United States Air Force
Type
Government
Country
USA

launch site

Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W
Location
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Country
USA
Timezone
America/Los_Angeles