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Payload / Mission

HEOS 1

Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

HEOS 1 (Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite) was an earth-orbiting, spin-stabilized satellite that was launched by ESA. The spacecraft objectives were to study interplanetary magnetic fields, cosmic rays, the solar wind, and the magnetosheath.