HEOS 2 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
31 Jan 1972, 5:20pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2E
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
HEOS 2
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Destination
Elliptical Orbit
HEOS 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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:55pm UTC
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