P78-1 or Solwind was a United States satellite launched aboard an Atlas F rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on February 24, 1979. The... 12 KB (852 words) - 05:14, 22 October 2023 |
to provide notice to the United States Congress. The target was the Solwind P78-1, an orbiting solar observatory that was launched on 24 February 1979... 19 KB (2,244 words) - 15:45, 9 February 2024 |
ASM-135 antisatellite missile which ascends into space and destroys the P78-1 Solwind satellite at an altitude of 345 miles (555 km) over the Pacific Ocean... 38 KB (4,941 words) - 00:49, 19 April 2024 |
The American 1985 ASM-135 ASAT test was carried out, in which the Solwind P78-1 satellite flying at an altitude of 555 kilometres was struck by the... 35 KB (3,858 words) - 11:06, 18 March 2024 |
Naval Research Laboratory's white light coronagraph, SOLWIND, on the USAF Space Test Program, P78-1 satellite. It was the first comet discovered by a space... 1 KB (137 words) - 01:13, 8 March 2024 |
even the full moon. In 1979, C/1979 Q1 (SOLWIND) was the first sungrazer to be spotted by US satellite P78-1, in coronagraphs taken on 30 and 31 Aug 1979... 19 KB (2,467 words) - 01:31, 28 December 2023 |
History of X-ray astronomy (section X-1 X-ray sources) 2-7 keV) to study solar X-rays. The Space Test Program spacecraft P78-1 or Solwind was launched on February 24, 1979 and continued operating until September... 55 KB (7,174 words) - 02:08, 8 April 2024 |
intercept test since September 1985, when the United States destroyed the Solwind P78-1 satellite with ASM-135 anti-satellite missile released by a F-15 Eagle... 25 KB (2,311 words) - 23:35, 14 January 2024 |
F-15 Eagle launched an ASM-135 anti-satellite missile at the dead P78-1 (or Solwind) satellite and destroyed it. In 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager... 77 KB (8,841 words) - 18:56, 29 March 2024 |
Successful Successful intercept and destruction of Solwind P78-1. 17 September 12:38 Soyuz-U2 Baikonur Site 1/5 Soyuz T-14 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EP-5... 22 KB (386 words) - 03:39, 2 March 2024 |