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HEOS 2
Thor Delta L · Astrophysics
1972Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg
Mission
HEOS 2 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft with a highly eccentric orbit whose apogee occurred at high latitude. Its primary scientific mission was the investigation of interplanetary space and the high-latitude magnetosphere and its boundary in the region around the northern neutral point.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Thor Delta L
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2E
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2