HEOS 2

Mission

HEOS 2

Type: Astrophysics

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.

Location

Space Launch Complex 2E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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