Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
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.
Details
Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Heliocentric L1 (L1-point)
Location
Unknown
Date
Mon, Aug 25, 1997, 14:39
Weather
Pro