Titan IIIE | Helios-A

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Titan IIIE | Helios-A

Helios-A and Helios-B (also known as Helios 1 and Helios 2), are a pair of probes launched into heliocentric orbit for the purpose of studying solar processes. A joint venture of West Germany's space agency DFVLR (70% share) and NASA (30%), the probes were launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on December 10, 1974, and January 15, 1976, respectively. Built by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm as the main contractor, they were the first spaceprobes built outside the United States or Soviet Union.

Mission type: Heliophysics · Orbit: Heliocentric N/A

Rocket: Titan III · Provider: Lockheed Martin

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)