Launch vehicle
Titan IIIE
- Height
- 48.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.05 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 7
- First flight
- 1974-02-11
Lockheed MartinLaunch Successful
Helios-A
Titan IIIE
Historical mission record
This page records Titan IIIE | Helios-A and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Titan IIIE
- Mission type
- Heliophysics
- Destination orbit
- Heliocentric N/A
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
The vehicle
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Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch site
DestinationHeliocentric N/A
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