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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
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