Dynamics Explorer launch
Abstract
Simultaneously launched from the WSMC, two satellites are to be placed into polar, copolar orbit in order to acquire data on the coupling phenomena between Earth's lower thermosphere and the magnetosphere, as part of the Solar-Terrestrial Program. The mission sequence, instruments, and science data processing system are described as well as the characteristics of the Delta 3913 launch vehicle, and payload separation staging.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- August 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981STIN...8128127.
- Keywords:
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- Explorer Satellites;
- Solar Terrestrial Interactions;
- Spacecraft Launching;
- Communication Equipment;
- Earth Magnetosphere;
- Energetic Particles;
- Launch Windows;
- Satellite Instruments;
- Thermosphere;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles