IUE (International Ultraviolet Explorer, Explorer 57), a joint NASA/ESA/UK ultraviolet astronomy satellite. Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral LC-17A placed it in a geosynchronous elliptical orbit for continuous UV spectroscopy of stars, galaxies, and comets; it operated until 1996.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 673 kg
- Flight
- 23rd
- of 30 Delta 2914 flights
- Date and time
- 26 January 1978, 17:36 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1978-012
- Launches in 1978
- 12th of 128
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