Helios-2 - rocket launch details

Launch time15 Jan 197605:34 UTC

success

Orbit: Heliocentric

Serial number: 23E-5

Probe targeted to examine the Sun; achieved highest velocity of any man-made object, 252,792 km/h (157,078 mph) relative to the Sun.

Rocket TitanIII(23)E/Star-37E

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-41USA

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Helios-2	-	-	-