March 25, 2000 8:34 pm

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Delta II

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration) uses neutral atom, ultraviolet, and radio imaging techniques to identify the dominant mechanisms for injecting plasma into the magnetosphere on substorm and magnetic storm time scales, determine the directly driven response of the magnetosphere to solar wind changes; and, discover how and where magnetospheric plasmas are energized, transported, and subsequently lost during substorms and magnetic storms.
Launch Overview
Window Open 20:34 UTC
Window Close 20:34 UTC
Lift Off Mar 25, 2000 · 20:34 UTC
Launch Facility Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Launch Pad Space Launch Complex 2W
Target Orbit Elliptical Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer United States Air Force
Payload IMAGE
Rocket Delta II
Destination Elliptical Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration) uses neutral atom, ultraviolet, and radio imaging techniques to identify the dominant mechanisms for injecting plasma into the magnetosphere on substorm and magnetic storm time scales, determine the directly driven response of the magnetosphere to solar wind changes; and, discover how and where magnetospheric plasmas are energized, transported, and subsequently lost during substorms and magnetic storms.

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United States Air Force
Space Launch Complex 2W
Launch Overview
Window Open 20:34 UTC
Window Close 20:34 UTC
Lift Off Mar 25, 2000 · 20:34 UTC
Launch Facility Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Launch Pad Space Launch Complex 2W
Target Orbit Elliptical Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer United States Air Force
Payload IMAGE
Rocket Delta II
Destination Elliptical Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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