Citation
Abstract
Operating beyond its 18month design lifetime, the Helios-1 spacecraft continues to gather valuable scientific data. Having achieved its fourth perihelion, the Helios-1 spacecraft is being closely followed by Helios-2, as the latter emerges from a lengthy solar conjunction period, in which considerable scientific data were collected on Experiments 11 and 12 (Celestial Mechanics and Faraday Rotation). The scientific opportunities to compare the data from the two Helios spacecraft continue to add to man’s knowledge of the sun’s influence upon the inner solar system.
Details
- Volume
- 42-36
- Published
- December 15, 1976
- Pages
- 28–34
- File Size
- 702.0 KB