- 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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Comet Howard–Koomen–Michels, also
formally known as C/1979 Q1 (
Solwind), was a
large sungrazing comet that
collided with the Sun on
August 30, 1979. It...
- dela**** 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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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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conducted the test
launch of an ASM-135 ASAT
missile that destro**** 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 destro**** the
Solwind P78-1
satellite with ASM-135 anti-satellite
missile released by a F-15...
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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)...
- 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 (345 mi) was struck...
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Eagle launched an ASM-135 anti-satellite
missile at the dead P78-1 (or
Solwind)
satellite and destro**** it. In 1986, ****
Rutan and
Jeana Yeager launched...
- the
Orbiting Solar Observatory platform was
developed and launched: the
Solwind satellite. It was
launched February 24, 1979. It was
operated by the DoD...
