Hélios 1B
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Hélios 1
The Hélios 1B was a French military photo-reconnaissance satellite in which Italy and Spain also participated. It was launched from the Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on 3 December 1999 at 16:22:00 UTC. The spacecraft rode aboard an Ariane 4 rocket which also carried the French military reconnaissance satellite Clementine. Due to power supply failures, it had to be left to disintegrate in 2005.
It has been replaced by Hélios 2A, launched in December 2004 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Bibliography[]
- (in French and English) , (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Helios: The Orbiting Spyglass », in Revue aerospatiale, n°118, May 1995.
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- Reconnaissance satellites of France
- Spacecraft launched in 1999
- Satellites of Spain
- Satellites of Italy
- Spacecraft launched by Ariane rockets
- Derelict satellites orbiting Earth
- Military equipment introduced in the 1990s
- European spacecraft stubs
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