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ISEE-2
Space probe used to study magnetic fields near the Earth. ISEE-2 was launched on October 22, 1977 aboard a Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 26, 1987).
COSPAR 1977-102BNORAD 10423European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ISEE 2
- Common name
- ISEE-2
- Payload designation
- ISEE B
- International designator
- 1977-102B
- NORAD catalog number
- 10423
- GCAT identifier
- S10423
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/468
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ESA ISEE
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Dornier Flugzeugwerke (Freidrichshafen)
- Platform (bus)
- ISEE-DTR
Launch
- Date
- October 22, 1977 · 13:53 UTC
- Launch record
- 1977-102Success
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 780 km
- Apogee
- 137,511 km
- Inclination
- 30.41°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 26, 1987
- Last known active
- Sep 26, 1987
- End of operations
- Sep 26, 1987
Size
- Mass
- 165 kg
- Dry mass
- 154 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16063713 (CC0).