MISSION NAME
HEOS 1 1
Status
Success
DATE
5 DEC 1968
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B
Description
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.
Thor Delta E1
Rocket Description
American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.