Polar Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
24 Feb 1996, 11:24am
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Polar
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Destination
Elliptical Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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