Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
HEOS 1 (Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite) was an earth-orbiting, spin-stabilized satellite that was launched by ESA. The spacecraft objectives were to study interplanetary magnetic fields, cosmic rays, the solar wind, and the magnetosheath.
Details
Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Location
Unknown
Date
Thu, Dec 5, 1968, 18:55
Weather
Pro