1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories
Wind
Solar-wind and magnetospheric science mission.
Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 1 Nov 1994
- Lead / partner
- United States
- Target
- Sun–Earth L1
- Category
- Heliophysics
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Delta II 7925-10
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Heliocentric orbit
- Duration
- 3 years (planned) ''(in progress) ''
Why it happened
Wind 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 magnetospheric science mission.
Results
Solar-wind and magnetospheric science mission.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Максим Яковлєв, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · license: cc-by-sa-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
