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English: A HEOS satellite [Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite] was launched aboard a 92-foot-high Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 17B at 1:55 P.M.EST December 5, 1968. It will study cosmic radiation, solar winds and magnetic fields, two-thirds the distance from the Earth to the Moon. The Kennedy Space Center launched the 238-pound satellite for the 10-nation European Space Research Organization [ESRO].
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This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: KSC-68P-0572.

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