Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)

STEREO A & B

Success US Air Force, Delta II 7925-10L

Mission

Heliophysics · Helio-N/A

Dual satellite mission employing nearly identical observatories to provide 3D stereoscopic imagery of solar coronal mass ejections

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
STEREO A 2006-047A Payload orbits the Sun
STEREO B 2006-047B Payload orbits the Sun
DELTA 2 R/B 2006-047C Rocket body re-entered 2007-11-01
DELTA 2 DEB 2006-047D Debris re-entered 2006-10-26

COSPAR ID 2006-047 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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