Delta 6925 | Geotail & DUVE

Name: Delta 6925 | Geotail & DUVE
Start: 1992-07-24T14:26:00Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The Geotail mission measures global energy flow and transformation in the magnetotail to increase understanding of fundamental magnetospheric processes. The objective of tthe DUVE experiment is to perform sensitive spectroscopy of diffuse emissions from the interstellar medium to increase the understanding of the dynamics and evolution of the interstellar medium and the Galaxy.

Mission Details

Launch date: July 24, 1992 at 02:26 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Delta II
Operator: United States Air Force
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Planetary Science