Titan IIIE
SuccessHelios-A · Lockheed Martin
Launch time (NET)
Tuesday, Dec 10, 1974, 07:11 UTC
Launch window
Tuesday, Dec 10, 1974, 07:11 UTC – Tuesday, Dec 10, 1974, 07:11 UTC
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Helios-A
Type
Heliophysics
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/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.
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