Aurora 1 & SECOR 9

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 29 June 1967, 09:01 pm UTC

Rocket: Thor Burner 2 (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Polar Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Description

The Aurora 1 was a small satellite to study the northern and southern lights (Aurora borealis and Aurora australis). SECOR 9 was a small geodetic spacecraft used to precisely determine points on the earth.