Explorer 59
Success
AUG 12197815:12:00 UTCFirst satellite to use Lagrangian point and halo orbit.
Later re-classified as the International Cometary Explorer. Satellite still operational as of 2014.
LIFTOFF
AUG 12 197815:12:00 UTC
Success
launched from SLC-17B Canaveral
aboard Delta 2914 Delta 144 into HEO
Payload
Explorer 59 (ISEE-3)
Magnetospheric research satellite
