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Years before the Common Era are negative numbers (for example −200 for 200 BCE). Records with month-only, year-only or approximate dates are included.

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Launches and Flight Tests (6,206)

Mission Operations and Milestones (71)

Human Spaceflight Activities (1)

Returns and Mission Endings (6)

Discoveries and Scientific Results (8)

Spacecraft and Technology Development (4)

Programs, Policy, and Governance (0)

Organizations and People (3)

Business and Commercial Services (0)

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Culture, Education, and Public Engagement (0)

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Orbital launch (5,954)

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Orbit insertion (14)

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Undocking (0)

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Sample collection (1)

Instrument first light (0)

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Sample return (6)

Re-entry (0)

Recovery (0)

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Discovery (8)

First detection (0)

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Space transportation (5,954)

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1 matching record

1978 48 years ago
ISEE 3 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: ISEE 3
- Space transportation
The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) spacecraft, designed and launched as the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) satellite, was launched on 12 August 1978 into a heliocentric orbit.

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