flown missionSuccess
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Alouette 1
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 2E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Alouette 1
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Canadian small ionospheric observatory instrumented with an ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle detector, and a cosmic noise experiment.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Agena-B
- Family
- Thor
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.7516, -120.6192