flown missionSuccess
Ariane 40 | Helios 1B
ArianespaceAriane Launch Area 2 — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Helios 1B
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Polar Orbit (PO)
The Helios program is Europe's military optical reconnaissance system consisting of both a space and a ground segment, which commenced service in 1995, jointly funded by the French, Italian and Spanish governments. The Helios I optical observation satellites, launched in July 1995 and December 1999 respectively, can acquire high resolution images of any point on the globe, with daily revisit capability. Helios-1B had suffered a breakdown of its power supply system in October 2004 and could no longer perform any work after operating for just under its 5-year nominal life expectancy.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Ariane 40
- Family
- Ariane
- Variant
- 40
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- FRA
launch site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 2
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- GUF
- Timezone
- America/Cayenne
- Coordinates
- 5.2320, -52.7782