The Exosat launch operations
Abstract
The European X-ray Observatory Satellite, Exosat, was successfully launched on a Delta-3914 vehicle from Western Test Range (Vandenberg) California, at 15.18 h GMT on 26 May. The launch and early orbit events took place exactly as scheduled, and the satellite's signal was acquired at the ESA Ground Station in Villafranca (Spain), 1 h 10 minutes after lift-off. The signal was immediately rerouted to the Agency's Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt (Germany), which then assumed control of the satellite.
- Publication:
-
ESA Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- August 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983ESABu..35...18A
- Keywords:
-
- Exosat Satellite;
- Mission Planning;
- Postlaunch Reports;
- Spacecraft Launching;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Spacecraft Performance;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles