USAF Atlas F/OIS Solwind

Name: USAF Atlas F/OIS Solwind
Start: 1979-02-24T08:20:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 3W

Atlas F/OIS

Status

Success

Date

24 FEB 1979

08:20

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 3W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Experimental scientific satellite dedicated to solar wind

Rocket

Atlas F/OIS

Mission Type

Heliophysics

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Atlas E/F (or SB-1A) was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket built using parts of decommissioned SM-65 Atlas missiles. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.