1968 · United States Air Force
HEOS 1
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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.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 5, 1968 at 06:55 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Mission
- HEOS 1
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Elliptical Orbit