Launch Overview
Vehicle
Titan IIIE
Agency
Lockheed Martin
Site / Pad
CC / LC41
Outcome
Success
Flight
23E-5/TC-5
COSPAR Designator
1976-003
Mission
Helios-B (Heliophysics)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Titan IIIE
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Agency launches
5 (1 YTD)
Site launches
305 (1 YTD)
Pad launches
15 (1 YTD)
Payloads (18)
| Piece | Name | Owner | State | Track |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-003 | Centaur attach clamp | LERC | US | |
| 1976-003 | Star 37E attach clamp | LERC | US | |
| 1976-003 | Star 37 yo weight | LERC | US | |
| 1976-003 | UA1205 49 | LERC | ||
| 1976-003 | UA1205 50 | LERC | ||
| 1976-003 | LR87AJ11 23E-5 | LERC | ||
| 1976-003 | LR91AJ11 23E-5 | LERC | ||
| 1976-003 | Centaur Standard Shroud | LERC | ||
| 1976-003 | Centaur Standard Shroud | LERC | ||
| 1976-003 | Star 37E attach clamp | NASA | US | |
| 1976-003 | Star 37 yo weight | NASA | US | |
| 1976-003 | Centaur attach clamp | NASA | US | |
| 1976-003A | Helios 2 | DFVLR | D | Track |
| 1976-003A | Helios 2 | DFVLR | D | |
| 1976-003B | Centaur D-1T TC-5 | LERC | US | Track |
| 1976-003B | Centaur D-1T TC-5 | LERC | US | |
| 1976-003C | Star 37E | LERC | US | Track |
| 1976-003C | Star 37E | LERC | US |