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...
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delayed 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...
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Comet Howard–Koomen–Michels, formally known as C/1979 Q1 (SOLWIND), was a large sungrazer that collided with the Sun on August 30, 1979. It is the only...
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conducted the test launch of an ASM-135 ASAT missile that destroyed the Solwind satellite. He later served as the director of operations for Air Force...
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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...
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satellite. 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...
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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 launched...
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climbed to 11613 m (38100 ft) and vertically launched the missile at the Solwind P78-1, a US gamma ray spectroscopy satellite orbiting at 555 km (345 mi)...
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the Orbiting Solar Observatory platform was developed and launched: the Solwind-satellite. It was launched February 24, 1979. It was operated by the DoD...
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sungrazing comet research with the launch of coronagraphic telescopes including Solwind, SMM, and SOHO. Until this point, sungrazing comets were only seen with...
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capabilities by launching an ASM-135 ASAT from an F-15 to shoot down the Solwind P78-1, an American research satellite, from its 555-kilometre (345 mi)...
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American P-51 Mustang P78 road (Ukraine) Papyrus 78, a biblical manuscript Solwind, a NASA space probe P78, a state regional road in Latvia HS Karathanasis...
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explosion Ablestar 1961 320 Residual propellant explosion Delta 2910 1975 313 Residual propellant explosion Solwind 1985 289 Intentional collision (ASAT)...
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Solar Observatory OSO 1 OSO 2/OSO B OSO 3 OSO 4 OSO 5 OSO 6 OSO 7 OSO 8 Solwind PICARD Pioneer 5 Pioneer 6, 7, 8 and 9 PROBA-2 Prognoz 6 RHESSI SOLAR SolarMax...
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observations, images of the corona taken in Bratsk, and observations made from Solwind / P78-1 satellite. Shown below are two tables displaying details about...
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1985, it was launched from a McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle to destroy the Solwind research satellite. The program was terminated in 1988 due to budgetary...
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coronagraph". Archived from the original on 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-07-02. My Solwind Comets (by Rainer Kracht) [url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988IAUC...
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composition due to the production of secondary X-rays. The X-ray monitor of Solwind, designated NRL-608 or XMON, was a collaboration between the Naval Research...
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RXTE (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–1973) SAS-C (1975–1979) Solwind (1979–1985) Spektr-R (2011–2019) Spitzer (2003–2020) Suzaku (Astro-EII)...
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C/1979 Q1 Solwind – 1.0 – 0.0048 141.456 344.997 1979/08/30 C/1981 B1 Solwind – 1.0 – 0.00792 140.676 342.107 1981/01/27 C/1981 O1 Solwind – 1.0 – 0.00612...
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RXTE (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–1973) SAS-C (1975–1979) Solwind (1979–1985) Spektr-R (2011–2019) Spitzer (2003–2020) Suzaku (Astro-EII)...
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C/1981 B1 Solwind 1.0 0.00792 140.676 1981/01/27 MPC · JPL C/1981 G1 Elias 1.000659 4.742518 115.3105 1981/08/18 MPC · JPL C/1981 O1 Solwind 1.0 0.00612...
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(Star-27) was used for two Atlas E/F launches in 1979 and 1985, with the Solwind and Geosat spacecraft respectively. The rocket could place 870 kilograms...
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RXTE (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–1973) SAS-C (1975–1979) Solwind (1979–1985) Spektr-R (2011–2019) Spitzer (2003–2020) Suzaku (Astro-EII)...
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spectrum from radio waves to X-rays (up to 3 keV). The X-ray monitor of Solwind, designated NRL-608 or XMON, was a collaboration between the Naval Research...
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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....
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hundreds of former government officials for violations of Sharia law. The Solwind satellite, part of the Orbiting Solar Observatory series of the U.S., was...
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and re-instrumented, and then launched in 1979 as P78-1 (also known as Solwind), the satellite which was shot down by the USAF in a successful anti-satellite...
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by Mark Pinsky, The New York Times, August 30, 1979, p. A1 C/1979 Q1 (Solwind), Minor Planet Center, International Astronomical Union "U.S. Reports Soviet...
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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...
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