DELTA 2 R/B(1)
Launched | 7 August 2001 |
Flight ended | 30 June 2002 |
Status | Decayed |
Launch site | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA |
Owner | United States |
NORAD ID | 26885 |
COSPAR ID | 2001-034B |
Observing |
Timeline
2001 Aug 8 | – | Launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-17 |
2001 Nov 16 | – | Insertion into Lissajous orbit around L1 |
2001 Dec 3 | – | Collector arrays opened to begin collecting solar wind particles |
2004 Apr 1 | – | Collection process ended |
2004 Apr 22 | – | Spacecraft begins return to Earth |
2004 Sep 8 | – | Crash landing in Utah desert after parachute failure |