flown missionSuccess
Thor Burner 2 | Aurora 1 & SECOR 9
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 10W — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Aurora 1 & SECOR 9
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Polar Orbit (PO)
The Aurora 1 was a small satellite to study the northern and southern lights (Aurora borealis and Aurora australis). SECOR 9 was a small geodetic spacecraft used to precisely determine points on the earth.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thor Burner 2
- Family
- Thor
- Variant
- Burner 2
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 10W
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.7653, -120.6244