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HEOS 2

successThor Delta L | HEOS 2

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.

Overview

Date / time
January 31, 1972 at 05:20 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 2E
Mission
HEOS 2
Mission type
Astrophysics
Orbit achieved
Elliptical Orbit
Launch vehicle
Thor Delta L →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

HEOS-A2
HEO