Planetary Science
HELIOS 1
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Helios-A and Helios-B are a pair of probes that were launched into heliocentric orbit to study solar processes. As a joint venture between German Aerospace Center (DLR) and NASA, the probes were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on December 10, 1974, and January 15, 1976, respectively.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 10, 1974 at 07:11 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIE →
- Operator
- Lockheed Martin
- Mission
- Helios-A
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1974-097A
- NORAD catalog №
- 7567
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Germany- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational