Helios 1B

The Helios 1B is a French military photo-reconnaissance spacecraft. It was launched from French Guiana on an Ariane rocket on 3 December 1999 at 16:22:00 UTC. Due to power failures, it had to be left to desintegrate in 2005.

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The name Helios has also been used for other spacecraft - see Helios (disambiguation)

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• NASA - Helios 1B

Helios 1B: The Helios 1B is a French military photo-reconnaissance spacecraft. It was launched from French Guiana on an Ariane rocket on 3 December 1999 at 16:22:00 UTC. Due to power failures, it had to be left to desintegrate in 2005....

French Guiana: French Guiana (French: Guyane fran?aise, officially Guyane) is an overseas d?partement (d?partement d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America and part of Caribbean South America. Like the other DOMs, French Guiana is also a r?gion (r?gion d'outre-mer) of France....

Ariane: Ariane is a feminine name. It is a French translation of the Greek name Ariadne....