Space probe

Wind

NASA · launched 1994

Measuring the solar wind since 1994.

Right now · as of

Sun–Earth L1

1.53 million km from Earth; a signal takes 5.1 s

147 million km from the Sun, moving at 0.29 km/s relative to Earth

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The flight

  1. November 1, 1994

    Launched on Delta II 7925-10 from Cape Canaveral SLC-17B

  2. July 30, 1995

    Flies past Moon, 26,022 km away

  3. November 26, 1995

    Flies past Moon, 34,199 km away

  4. January 16, 1996

    Flies past Moon, 34,998 km away

  5. August 16, 1996

    Flies past Moon, 29,158 km away

  6. October 25, 1997

    Flies past Moon, 36,380 km away

  7. June 29, 1998

    Flies past Moon, 27,678 km away

  8. October 23, 1998

    Flies past Moon, 25,034 km away

  9. April 15, 1999

    Flies past Moon, 21,007 km away

  10. October 4, 1999

    Flies past Moon, 25,927 km away

  11. April 7, 2000

    Flies past Moon, 33,049 km away

  12. November 3, 2002

    Flies past Moon, 82,938 km away

  13. November 30, 2002

    Flies past Moon, 41,790 km away

From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.

Wind (spacecraft)

NASA probe to study solar wind, at L1 since 1995

The Global Geospace Science (GGS) Wind satellite is a NASA science spacecraft designed to study radio waves and plasma that occur in the solar wind and in the Earth's magnetosphere. It was launched on 1 November 1994, at 09:31:00 UTC, from launch pad LC-17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) on Merritt Island, Florida, aboard a McDonnell Douglas Delta II 7925-10 rocket.

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Facts

What it is
Space probe
Agency
NASA
Launched
November 1, 1994
Rocket
Delta II 7925-10
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
International designator
1994-071A

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