LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Thu Dec 05 1968
United States Air Force
HEOS 1
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Thor Delta E1Description:
American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Astrophysics
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B