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Helios 1
NASA and DLR solar probe. Helios 1 was launched on December 10, 1974 aboard a Titan IIIE from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Dec 10, 1974).
COSPAR 1974-097ANORAD 7567Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Helios 1
- Other names
- Helios A:P
- International designator
- 1974-097A
- NORAD catalog number
- 7567
- GCAT identifier
- S07567
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.380
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- DLR Helios
- Owner
- DFVLR
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- MBB
- Platform (bus)
- Helios
Launch
- Date
- December 10, 1974 · 07:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 1974-097Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIIE
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 289 km
- Inclination
- 29.80°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- December 10, 1974
- Last known active
- 1985
- End of operations
- 1981
Size
- Mass
- 370 kg
- Dry mass
- 370 kg
- Length
- 4.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.80 m
- Span
- 32.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00528
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- December 10, 1974
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · December 12, 1974
- Destination
- HCO
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3129781 (CC0).