USAF Thor Delta E1 HEOS 1

Name: USAF Thor Delta E1 HEOS 1
Start: 1968-12-05T18:55:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 17B

Thor Delta E1

Status

Success

Date

5 DEC 1968

18:55

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Thor Delta E1

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.

Height

28 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

68 T

Thrust

1,450 kN