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Titan IIIE
Launched 1976-01-15 05:34 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Heliocentric N/A
Worldwide
3rd
orbital launch attempt in 1976
Lockheed Martin
1st
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
127 d 10 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
Launches
80
Successful
77
96%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
48.8m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
15,400kg
Liftoff thrust
12,991kN
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