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Solar Maximum Mission

Delta 3910 · Heliophysics

1980Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral

Mission

Solarmax (also known as Solar Maximum Mission or SMM) was a solar observation satellite. Its primary mission was the study of solar flares.

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Mission Facts

Provider: USAF
Rocket: Delta 3910
Orbit: LEO
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A
NET precision: Year
Data source: LL2

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