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Thor Delta L | HEOS 2 launched on Mon, Jan 31, 1972, 05:20 PM UTC — a United States Air Force mission.
NET Mon, Jan 31, 1972, 05:20 PM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Thor Delta L to Elliptical Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Thor Delta L ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
HEOS 2 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft with a highly eccentric orbit whose apogee occurred at high latitude. Its primary scientific mission was the investigation of interplanetary space and the high-latitude magnetosphere and its boundary in the region around the northern neutral point.
Around this launch
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Good to know
Thor Delta L | HEOS 2 is scheduled to lift off Mon, Jan 31, 1972, 05:20 PM UTC.
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Thor Delta L | HEOS 2 is an United States Air Force mission flying on a Thor Delta L.
It lifts off from Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.