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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
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