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Flight 2
Zhuque-3
ProviderLandSpace
PadLaunch Area 96B
DateAug 18, 2026
PrecisionAbout 11:35 PM UTC
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HEOS 2
Thor Delta LUnited States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 2E
Monday, January 31, 1972 · 05:20 PM UTC
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
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.
PayloadHEOS 2
OrbitElliptical Orbit
CustomerUnited States Air Force
StagesUnknown
PadSpace Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Space Launch Complex 2E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 34.752°N
- Longitude
- 120.619°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
05:20 PM UTC - 05:20 PM UTC
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.
