launched fromUSA

Helios-1

Name: Helios-1
Start: 1974-12-10T07:11:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

DEC 10197407:11:00 UTC

Probe targeted to examine the Sun; first probe to fly inside the orbit of Mercury.

LIFTOFF

DEC 10 1974

07:11:00 UTC

Success

launched from LC-41 Canaveral

aboard Titan III(23)E/Star-37E 23E-2 into Heliocentric

Payload