ACE

1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories

ACE

Solar wind and energetic particle observatory.

Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 1997
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Sun–Earth L1
Category
Heliophysics
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

ACE flew during 1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories, as part of United States's work toward sun–earth l1. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Solar wind and energetic particle observatory.

Results

Solar wind and energetic particle observatory.

Related missions

ACE SOHO — same_target SOHO SOHO — same_target SOHO Wind — same_target Wind Cassini–Huygens — competitor Cassini–Huyge…

SOHO

Success

ESA / NASA · 1996

SOHO

Success

ESA / NASA · 1995

Wind

Success

United States · 1994

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog