Launch Alert | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander
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Sat Dec 30 1995
United States Air Force

Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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Rocket Details

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Delta II 7920-10

Description:

Delta II is an American space launch system developed by McDonnell Douglas, now part of the Delta rocket family operated by United Launch Alliance. With more than 150 missions and a nearly perfect track record, Delta II has established itself as one of the most successful orbital launch systems.

Delta II 7920-10 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Astrophysics
  • The XTE (X-Ray Timing Explorer), renamed on orbit RXTE (Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer) mission has the primary objective to study the temporal and broad-band spectral phenomena associated with stellar and galactic systems containing compact objects in the energy range 2--200 keV and in time scales from microseconds to years.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A