The fourth operational flight of the newest NASA unmanned launch vehicle is reported. The spacecraft was the Helios B, the second of two solar probes designed and built by the Federal Republic of Germany. The primary mission objective, to place the Helios spacecraft on a heliocentric orbit in the ecliptic plane with a perihelion distance of 0.29 AU, was successfully accomplished. After successful injection of the Helios spacecraft, a series of experiments were performed with the Centaur stage to demonstrate its operational capabilities. All objectives of the extended mission phase were successfully met. This report presents the analysis of the launch vehicle flight data for the primary mission phase of the TC-5 flight. (Author)


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    Title :

    Titan/Centaur D-1TTC-5 Helios B Flight Data Report


    Contributors:
    K. A. Adams (author)

    Publication date :

    1976


    Size :

    177 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English