HEOS 1

Overview

Destination: Elliptical Orbit
Mission: Astrophysics

Elliptical Orbit Space Launch Complex 17B Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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

Family:
Configuration: Delta E1

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

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    28.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Launch Mass
    68.0 T
  • Thrust
    1450.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Thor Delta E1
  • Family
  • Variant
    Delta E1
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Thor Delta E1
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    540.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    150.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

McDonnell Douglas

McDonnell Douglas

(MDC)

Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

WIKI

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 17B


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