ISEE 3 - NASA Satellite

NASA's International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) conducted the first deep survey of Earth's magnetic tail. Then, after a series of complex flybys of the Moon, the spacecraft was renamed the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) and became the first spac

ISEE 3 Mission Information

Mission Details

NameISEE 3
Mission InfoInternational Sun-Earth Explorer 3 Satellite
Launch DateAugust 12, 1978
Mission TypeUnmanned
TypeSatellite
Launch VehicleDelta 2914
Launch SiteCape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17B, Florida
CollaborationGoddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Satellite Details

ApplicationSun–Earth L1 Lagrange Point, Comet Giacobini-Zinner Flyby
Scientific InstrumentSolar Wind Plasma Detector, Vector Helium Magnetometer, Low Energy Cosmic Ray Experiment, Medium Energy Cosmic Ray Experiment, High Energy Cosmic Ray Experiment, Plasma Waves Spectrum Analyzer, Energetic Particle Anisotropy Spectrometer, Interplanetary an
Mass1056 Pounds (479 Kg)

Space Organization Details

CountryUnited States
ContinentNorth America
OrganizationNASA

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