HEOS-1 Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite spacecraft
HEOS-1 was an ESRO-built spacecraft launched by NASA on 5 December 1968 to investigate interplanetary magnetic fields and study solar and cosmic-ray particles outside Earth's magnetosphere. Its experiments included measurements of helium and other solar-wind particles.
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Identity
- Aliases
- HEOS-1HEOS 1HEOS-AHighly Eccentric Orbit Satellite 1
- Family Name
- HEOS-1
- Full Name
- HEOS-1 Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterinterplanetary_probeobservatoryresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- HEOS-1 was an ESRO-built spacecraft launched by NASA on 5 December 1968 to investigate interplanetary magnetic fields and study solar and cosmic-ray particles outside Earth's magnetosphere. Its experiments included measurements of helium and other solar-wind particles.
- First Flight Year
- 1,968
- Last Flight Year
- 1,975
Links
- Official Url
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19730002082
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:32:46 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 17:15:53 UTC