Citation
Abstract
Project Helios is a joint space endeavor between the United States and West Germany. Its objective is to place two unmanned spacecraft into heliocentric orbits whose perihelion distance will come closer to the sun than any previously or presently planned Free-World deep space undertaking. The West German government is designing and fabricating the spacecraft and will conduct mission operations, NASA will provide the launch vehicle, the launch facilities, and the major portion of the tracking and data acquisition with respect to this program. The launch of the first spacecraft is planned for mid-1974 and the second in late 1975. To ensure proper technical coordination between the activities in West Germany and in the United States, the International Agreement provides for semiannual Helios Joint Working Group Meetings for the exchange of information and for the proper coordination of the activities leading toward launch and subsequent Mission Operations. This article reports the highlights, with respect to the DSN, of the subjects discussed during the Seventh Helios Joint Working Group Meeting which was held at Porz-Wahn (near Bonn), West Germany, October 25 to 31, 1972.
Details
- Volume
- XIII
- Published
- February 15, 1973
- Pages
- 7–20
- File Size
- 1.6 MB