Helios program
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The Helios program was a joint NASA–German Aerospace Center mission in the 1970s that launched two probes to study the Sun at close range, setting records for both solar proximity and spacecraft speed.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Helios program canonical | 1 |
| Helios programme | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
solar probe program
ⓘ
space exploration program ⓘ |
| agencyPartner |
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
ⓘ
surface form:
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
NASA ⓘ
surface form:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
| collaborationWith |
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
ⓘ
surface form:
German Aerospace Center
NASA ⓘ |
| country |
Germany
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataUsedFor |
modeling interplanetary magnetic field
ⓘ
studying solar energetic particles ⓘ understanding solar wind structure ⓘ |
| era | Cold War space exploration ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Helios 1
ⓘ
Helios 2 ⓘ |
| launchPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
|
| launchVehicleUsed | Titan IIIE ⓘ |
| missionProfile |
heliocentric orbit
ⓘ
inner Solar System exploration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early close-range in situ measurements of the solar environment
ⓘ
pioneering high-speed solar probe trajectories ⓘ |
| operator |
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
ⓘ
surface form:
German Aerospace Center
NASA ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
investigate solar wind
ⓘ
measure interplanetary magnetic fields ⓘ study cosmic rays near the Sun ⓘ study the Sun at close range ⓘ |
| recordHeldFor |
closest approach to the Sun by a spacecraft
ⓘ
highest heliocentric speed of a spacecraft ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
heliophysics
ⓘ
space physics ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | uncrewed space probe ⓘ |
| target | Sun ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.