Helios 2 solar probe spacecraft
Helios 2 was the second German-American solar-probe spacecraft, launched in 1976 to investigate solar processes and the solar environment from heliocentric orbit.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Helios BHelios 2Helios solar probe 2
- Family Name
- Helios 2
- Full Name
- Helios 2 solar probe spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbiterobservatoryresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Helios 2 was the second German-American solar-probe spacecraft, launched in 1976 to investigate solar processes and the solar environment from heliocentric orbit.
- First Flight Year
- 1,976
- Last Flight Year
- 1,981
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/helios-2/
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 22:50:04 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 03:44:51 UTC