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HEOS 2
HEOS 2 was launched on January 31, 1972 aboard a Thor Delta L from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Feb 1, 1972).
COSPAR 1972-005ANORAD 5814European Space Research Organisation
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- HEOS 2
- Payload designation
- HEOS A2
- International designator
- 1972-005A
- NORAD catalog number
- 5814
- GCAT identifier
- S05814
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.247
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- HEOS
- Owner
- ESRO
- Country
- European Space Research Organisation
- Builder
- MBB
- Platform (bus)
- HEOS
Launch
- Date
- January 31, 1972 · 17:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1972-005Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta L
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- DSO
- Perigee
- 994 km
- Apogee
- 239,335 km
- Inclination
- 90.00°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- February 1, 1972
- Last known active
- Aug 2, 1974
- End of operations
- Aug 2, 1974
Size
- Mass
- 117 kg
- Dry mass
- 117 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 2.6 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00421
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- February 1, 1972
- Phase outcome
- Reentered (orbital decay) · August 2, 1974
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16325209 (CC0).