A cluster of Stacksat small satellites from Vandenberg, including the Polar Orbiting Geomagnetic Survey (POGS) satellite to map Earth's magnetic field, alongside TEX and SCE ionospheric-research payloads.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 182 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- Only Atlas E Altair flight
- Date and time
- 11 April 1990, 15:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas E Altair
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1990-031
- Launches in 1990
- 33rd of 121
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