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Helios-A

Success Lockheed Martin, Titan IIIE

About this launch

Helios-A and Helios-B (also known as Helios 1 and Helios 2), are a pair of probes launched into heliocentric orbit for the purpose of studying solar processes. A joint venture of West Germany's space agency DFVLR (70% share) and NASA (30%), the probes were launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on…

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Launch window and padCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Rocket and boosterTitan IIIE
MissionHeliophysics · Helio-N/A

Heliophysics · Helio-N/A

What it put in orbit4 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
HELIOS 1 1974-097A Payload orbits the Sun
TITAN 3E CENTAUR R/B(1) 1974-097B Rocket body re-entered 1979-11-22
TITAN 3E CENTAUR R/B(2) 1974-097C Rocket body orbits the Sun
HELIOS 1 DEB 1974-097D Debris orbits the Sun

COSPAR ID 1974-097. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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