Mission record

Thor Delta E1 | Isis 1

Thor Delta E1· Space Launch Complex 2E· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Thu, 30 Jan 1969 06:46:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#930 ever

Mission

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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