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Titan IIIE | Helios-A

Lockheed Martin · Titan IIIE · Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Lockheed Martin's 2nd launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 1,642nd orbital launch attempt

December 10, 1974Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Dec 10, 07:11Dec 10, 07:11 UTC

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Helios-A

Helios-A and Helios-B (also known as Helios 1 and Helios 2), are a pair of probes launched into heliocentric orbit for the purpose of studying solar processes. A joint venture of West Germany's space agency DFVLR (70% share) and NASA (30%), the probes were launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on December 10, 1974, and January 15, 1976, respectively. Built by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm as the main contractor, they were the first spaceprobes built outside the United States or Soviet Union.

Heliophysics · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)

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Pad — Space Launch Complex 41

125 launches from this pad · 1,123 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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