Thor Delta E1
SuccessIsis 1 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Thursday, Jan 30, 1969, 06:46 UTC
Launch window
Thursday, Jan 30, 1969, 06:46 UTC – Thursday, Jan 30, 1969, 06:46 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Isis 1
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
ISIS 1 (International Satellite for Ionosphere Studies) was an ionospheric observatory instrumented with sweep- and fixed-frequency ionosondes, a VLF receiver, energetic and soft particle detectors, an ion mass spectrometer, an electrostatic probe, an electrostatic analyzer, a beacon transmitter, and a cosmic noise experiment.
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