LaunchesHelios 1A
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Helios 1A
Ariane 40 · Government/Top Secret
1995Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre
Mission
The Helios program is Europe's military optical reconnaissance system consisting of both a space and a ground segment, which commenced service in 1995, jointly funded by the French, Italian and Spanish governments. The Helios I optical observation satellites, launched in July 1995 and December 1999 respectively, can acquire high resolution images of any point on the globe, with daily revisit capability.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Rocket
- Ariane 40
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 2
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2