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Polar
Delta II · Astrophysics
1996Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Delta II
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2