Platform:
HELIOS 2
Synonymous Platform Names:
Platform-based Instruments:
Orbit
Orbit Inclination:
0.0°
Period: 185.6 days
Period: 185.6 days
Related Data Sets
Description
Helios 2 was launched into a solar orbit on 15 January 1976. It had a perihelion of 0.29 AU and an aphelion of 1 AU. Its orbit made it an ideal platform for making long baseline time-of-arrival measurements to obtain source direction. The satellite rotated with a ~ 1-s spin period. The mission ended in 1981.
Information provided by http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/helios2.html
Information provided by http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/helios2.html
Online Resource:
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/helios2.html
http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/2743-helios-ii-a-new-generation-of-military-satellites.php
http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/2743-helios-ii-a-new-generation-of-military-satellites.php
Launch Date: 1976-01-15
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, USA
Primary Sponsors:
USA/NASA
Germany
