Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar probe. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1976-003; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 15 January 1976, 05:34:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Titan IIIE
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 15 May 1980
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Helios 2
Solar probe.
- GCAT ID
- S08582
- Manufacturer
- Messerschmitt-B\"olkow-Blohm GMbH (MBB)
- Launch mass
- 370 kg
- Dimensions
- 4.2 m long · 2.8 m diameter · 32 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Helios 2.
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