Planetary Science
HELIOS 2
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The Helios 2 system, which consisted of the Helios 2A and Helios 2B, was a French-developed military Earth observation satellite program. Financed at 90% by France, the development also involved minor participation from Belgium, Spain, Italy and Greece. Helios 2A was launched on 18 December 2004 by an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 15, 1976 at 05:34 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIE →
- Operator
- Lockheed Martin
- Mission
- Helios-B
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Germany
- Launch mass
- 371.66 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1976-003A
- NORAD catalog №
- 8582
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Germany- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational