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Helios 2
NASA and DLR solar probe. Helios 2 was launched on January 15, 1976 aboard a Titan IIIE from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Jan 15, 1976).
COSPAR 1976-003ANORAD 8582Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Helios 2
- Other names
- Helios B:P
- International designator
- 1976-003A
- NORAD catalog number
- 8582
- GCAT identifier
- S08582
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.342
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- DLR Helios
- Owner
- DFVLR
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- MBB
- Platform (bus)
- Helios
Launch
- Date
- January 15, 1976 · 05:34 UTC
- Launch record
- 1976-003Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIIE
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 284 km
- Inclination
- 30.30°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- January 15, 1976
- Last known active
- May 15, 1980
- End of operations
- May 15, 1980
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
- D00560
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- January 15, 1976
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · January 16, 1976
- Destination
- HCO
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3129777 (CC0).