United States Air Force
HEOS 2
Thor Delta L
SUCCESS
Success
Monday, January 31, 1972 · 17:20 UTC
Mission
/01HEOS 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.
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Thor Delta L
Variant: Delta L
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 2E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.752° N, 120.619° W
46
Pad Launches
377
Location Launches
567
Agency Launches
5
Orbital This Year