United States Air ForceThor Delta LSpace Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Thor Delta L | HEOS 2
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United States Air Force's 567th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 1,311th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 31, 17:20 – Jan 31, 17:20 UTC
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HEOS 2
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.
Astrophysics · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
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