launched fromUSA

Explorer 59

Name: Explorer 59
Start: 1978-08-12T15:12:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

AUG 12197815:12:00 UTC

First 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 1978

15:12:00 UTC

Success

launched fromSLC-17BCanaveral

aboardDelta 2914Delta 144intoHEO

Payload

Explorer 59 (ISEE-3)

Magnetospheric research satellite