EXOSAT (European X-ray Observatory Satellite), ESA's first dedicated X-ray astronomy mission. A Delta 3914 from Vandenberg placed the ~500 kg observatory into a highly eccentric orbit to study cosmic X-ray sources from 0.04 to 80 keV.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 510 kg
- Flight
- 10th
- of 12 Delta 3914 flights
- Date and time
- 26 May 1983, 15:18 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 3914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1983-051
- Launches in 1983
- 52nd of 129
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