Injun-3

Injun, SolRad, GEOS,
and ISEE / ICE series
reference images

ISEE-3
Injun-3ISEE-3

This page contains reference images for Injun, SolRad (Solar Radiation), GEOS (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite (GEOS-1 and 2) or Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite (GEOS-3)), and ISEE (International Sun-Earth Explorer) / ICE (International Cometary Explorer) series satellites. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.

These series are related to the Explorer series because some of the satellites had Explorer names and numbers as well. In particular, the following satellite names and numbers were synonymous:

InjunSolRadGEOSISEE
Injun-4 = Explorer-25
Injun-5 = Explorer-40
Injun-6 = Explorer-52
SolRad-8 = Explorer-30
SolRad-9 = Explorer-37
SolRad-10 = Explorer-44
GEOS-1 = Explorer-29
GEOS-2 = Explorer-36
ISEE-1 = Explorer-56
ISEE-3/ICE2 = Explorer-59

Launch information
(found elsewhere)
Reference images
(immediately below)
Launch covers
(including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers)
(found elsewhere)
Other postal items
(stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.)
(found elsewhere)
Injun Injun Injun Injun
SolRad SolRad SolRad SolRad
GEOS
(USA)1
GEOS
(USA)1
GEOS
(USA)1
GEOS
(USA)1
ISEE / ICE2 ISEE / ICE2 ISEE / ICE2 ISEE / ICE2


Satellite(s)Launch Date(s)Reference Image(s)
Injun
Injun-11961-06-29 Injun-1
Injun-1+SolRad-3
Transit-4A+Injun-1+SolRad-3
Transit-4A+Injun-1+SolRad-3
Injun-21962-01-24Injun-2
Injun-31962-12-13Injun-3
Injun-4 / Explorer-25 (IE-B)1964-11-21 Explorer-25
Explorer-25
Explorer-24+25
Injun-4
Injun-5 (Injun-C) / Explorer-40 (IE-C)1968-08-08 Explorer-40
Explorer-40
Injun-6 (Injun-F) / Explorer-52 (IE-D) / Hawkeye1974-06-03 Explorer-52
Explorer-52

Satellite(s)Launch Date(s)Reference Image(s)
SolRad / GRAB / GREB
SolRad-1 / GRAB-11960-06-22 SolRad-1
SolRad
Transit-2A+SolRad-1
SolRad-2 / GRAB-(2) [failed]1960-11-30
SolRad-3 / GRAB-21961-06-29 Injun-1+SolRad-3
Transit-4A+Injun-1+SolRad-3
Transit-4A+Injun-1+SolRad-3
SolRad-4A / GRAB-(3a) [failed]1962-01-24No image available
SolRad-4B / GRAB-(3b) [failed]1962-04-26No image available
SolRad-5 / GRABNever launchedNo image available
SolRad-6 (carried by Poppy-2A) [partial failure]1963-06-15No image available
SolRad-7A (carried by Poppy-3A)1964-01-11No image available
SolRad-7B (carried by Poppy-4A)1965-03-09No image available
SolRad-8 / Explorer-30 (SE-A)1965-11-19Explorer-30
SolRad-9 / Explorer-37 (SE-B)1968-03-05 Explorer-37
Explorer-37
SolRad-10 / Explorer-44 (SE-C)1971-07-09Explorer-44
SolRad-11A, SolRad-11B1976-03-14SolRad-11A+11B
SolRad-11CNever launchedNo image available

Satellite(s)Launch Date(s)Reference Image(s)
GEOS (USA)1
GEOS-1 (GEOS-A) / Explorer-29
GEOS-2 (GEOS-B) / Explorer-36
1965-11-06
1968-01-11
Explorer-29
Explorer-29
PAGEOS1966-06-23PAGEOS
GEOS-3 (GEOS-C)1975-04-09GEOS-3

Satellite(s)Launch Date(s)Reference Image(s)
ISEE / ICE2
ISEE-1 (ISEE-A) / Explorer-561977-10-22 ISEE-1
ISEE-1
ISEE-1+2
ISEE-2 (ISEE-B)1977-10-22 ISEE-2
ISEE-1+2
ISEE-3 (ISEE-C) / Explorer-59 / ICE21978-08-14 ISEE-3
ISEE-3
ISEE-3

1This checklist includes the USA GEOS series only, not the ESA-GEOS series.
2Explorer-59 / ISEE-3 was renamed ICE (International Cometary Explorer) in 1983.


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