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HEOS 1
Thor Delta E1 · Astrophysics
1968Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
HEOS 1 (Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite) was an earth-orbiting, spin-stabilized satellite that was launched by ESA. The spacecraft objectives were to study interplanetary magnetic fields, cosmic rays, the solar wind, and the magnetosheath.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2