HEOS-2 Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite spacecraft
HEOS-2 was an ESRO-built spacecraft launched by NASA on 31 January 1972 into a highly eccentric Earth orbit to investigate interplanetary space and the high-latitude magnetosphere and its boundary near the northern neutral point, continuing the HEOS study of the interplanetary medium.
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Identity
- Aliases
- HEOS-2HEOS 2HEOS-BHighly Eccentric Orbit Satellite 2
- Family Name
- HEOS-2
- Full Name
- HEOS-2 Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterinterplanetary_probeobservatoryresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- HEOS-2 was an ESRO-built spacecraft launched by NASA on 31 January 1972 into a highly eccentric Earth orbit to investigate interplanetary space and the high-latitude magnetosphere and its boundary near the northern neutral point, continuing the HEOS study of the interplanetary medium.
- First Flight Year
- 1,972
- Last Flight Year
- 1,974
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:33:55 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 19:27:04 UTC