Wednesday, January 20, 1993

Helios 2

  1976-003A


The Helios 2 solar probe was similar to the Helios 1 mission and was launched on an orbit with an even smaller perihelion on 1976 Jan 15.


Helios 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Jan 15  0534  Launch by Titan IIIE Centaur  CC LC41 
  T+1:54 Stage 1 MES 
  T+2:06 SRM sep 
  T+4:25 St 1 MECO 
 0538:25  T+4:25 Titan stage 1 sep 
 0538:25  Titan stage 2 burn 
 0539:25 T+5:25 Fairing sep 
 0541:58 T+7:58 St 2 MECO   
 0542:03  Stage 2 sep 
 0542:13 T+8:13 Centaur TC-5 MES1 
 0543:55  T+9:55 Centaur TC-5 MECO1, coast in EPO  161 x 166 x 30.30 
 0612:05  T+38:05 Centaur TC-5 MES2 
 0616:54  T+42:54 Centaur TC-5 MECO2  196 x -58663 x 30.3 
 0618:04  Spinup 
 0618:06  Motor attach clamp jettison 
 0618:06 Centaur TC-5 sep from Star 37E/Helios 2 
 0618:43  T+44:43 Star 37E burn 
 0619:27  T+45:27 Star 37E cutoff 
 0620:44  T+46:44 Star 37E payload clamp band jettison 
 0620:44  T+46:44 Star 37E sep  284.5 x -21032 x 30.27 
 0620:46  T+46:46 Star 37E yo deploy 
   180d, 0.28 x 1.0 AU  
 1015  Pass EL1:4 
1976 Jan 16  
Exit Earth SOI
1976 Apr 17   Perihelion 0.28AU 
1976 Jul 18   Aphelion 
1980 May 15   end of transmissions 

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