Launch Vehicle
It was such a flawless launch that very little thruster fuel had to be expended on course corrections during the spacecraft's journey out to its operating position 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth - four times the distance of the Moon.
SOHO launch by an Atlas II-AS (AC-121) from Cape Canaveral Air Station on 2 December 1996, 08:08 UT
Diagram of the Atlas-2AS launcher vehicle in the SOHO configuration
Last Update: 1 September 2019