Thor Delta L
SuccessHEOS 2 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Monday, Jan 31, 1972, 17:20 UTC
Launch window
Monday, Jan 31, 1972, 17:20 UTC – Monday, Jan 31, 1972, 17:20 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
HEOS 2
Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
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.
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