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HEOS 1
HEOS 1 was launched on December 5, 1968 aboard a Thor Delta E1 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Dec 6, 1968).
COSPAR 1968-109ANORAD 3595European Space Research Organisation
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- HEOS 1
- Payload designation
- HEOS A1
- International designator
- 1968-109A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3595
- GCAT identifier
- S03595
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.201
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- HEOS
- Owner
- ESRO
- Country
- European Space Research Organisation
- Builder
- Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke GmBH
- Platform (bus)
- HEOS
Launch
- Date
- December 5, 1968 · 18:55 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-109Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- DSO
- Perigee
- 12,244 km
- Apogee
- 210,550 km
- Inclination
- 52.62°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- December 6, 1968
- Last known active
- Oct 28, 1975
- End of operations
- Oct 28, 1975
Size
- Mass
- 99 kg
- Dry mass
- 99 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 109 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 2.4 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00210
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- December 6, 1968
- Phase outcome
- Reentered (orbital decay) · October 28, 1975
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1563521 (CC0).