United States Air Force
HEOS 1
Thor Delta E1
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, December 5, 1968 · 18:55 UTC
Mission
/01HEOS 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.
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Thor Delta E1
Variant: Delta E1
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.446° N, 80.566° W
35
Pad Launches
225
Location Launches
470
Agency Launches
121
Orbital This Year