RAE 1

Overview

Destination: Medium Earth Orbit
Mission: Astrophysics

Medium Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 2E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

The RAE A (Radio Astronomy Explorer A) spacecraft measured the intensity of celestial radio sources, particularly the sun, as a function of time, direction, and frequency (0.2 to 20 MHz).

Thor Delta J

Family:
Configuration: Delta J

American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    31.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Launch Mass
    69.0 T
  • Thrust
    1452.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Thor Delta J
  • Family
  • Variant
    Delta J
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Thor Delta J
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $16600000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    260.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    263.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

McDonnell Douglas

McDonnell Douglas

(MDC)

Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

WIKI

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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