Solwind was a NASA satellite designed to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere. It was destroyed, while still functional, on 13 September 1985, as part of a United States Air Force antisatellite (ASAT) test.

 

 

launch date	Feb 24, 1979
launch vehicle	Atlas F
launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base
orbit	310 × 317 km × 97.8°
mass	1,331 kg