Helios-A (Helios 1), a joint West German–NASA solar probe launched on a Titan IIIE from Cape Canaveral into heliocentric orbit, setting a then-record perihelion of 0.31 AU.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Helio-N/A
- Heliocentric orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 453 kg
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 7 Titan IIIE flights
- Date and time
- 10 December 1974, 07:11 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IIIE
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Heliophysics
- International designator
- 1974-097
- Launches in 1974
- 104th of 113
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