Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Astrophysics
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sat, 24 Feb 1996 11:24:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4055 ever
Mission
Polar is one of four spacecraft in the Global Geospace Science (GGS) program. These are among the spacecraft (Wind, Geotail, SOHO, and Cluster) in the International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program. POLAR measures solar wind entry, ionospheric output, and the depositions of energy into the neutral atmosphere at high latitudes.
Deployed payloads · 1