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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. It was one of three spacecraft, along with the mother/daughter pair of ISEE-1 and ISEE-2, built for the International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE) program, a joint effort by NASA and ESRO/ESA to study the interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and the solar wind.

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Explorer 59, ICE, IME-H, International Magnetospheric Study-H, International Sun-Earth Explorer-3, International Sun-Earth Explorer-C, ISEE-3, ISEE-C
artificial satellite of the Sun, geomagnetic satellite, space probe, Douglas, Delta 2000, 

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1978 International Cometary Explorer

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gravity assist

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orbital spaceflight

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gravity assist

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gravity assist

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gravity assist

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flyby

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flyby

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rocket launch

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flyby

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service retirement

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Frameless

• Free Software on the final frontier: GNU Radio controls the ISEE-3 Spacecraft - article published on Aug 08, 2014, English, online

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