The San Marco 5 mission
Abstract
The satellite San Marco 5 was injected into a low equatorial orbit on March 25, 1988 from the italian San Marco Range (Kenya) and re-entered on December 6, 1988. It was the last and most complex spacecraft of the San Marco aeronomic satellites, developed under a cooperative research program between the University of Rome and NASA, with the participation of DFVLR (Germany). The paper describes the scientific mission and the spacecraft design, which accomodates an integrated set of instruments in a very dense assembly. Particular aspects related to the management of the spacecraft in orbit and to the strategy for the satellite interrogation are also described.
- Publication:
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Advances in Space Research
- Pub Date:
- January 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0273-1177(93)90017-6
- Bibcode:
- 1993AdSpR..13a.165B
- Keywords:
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- Aeronomy;
- San Marco Satellites;
- Satellite Instruments;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Spacecraft Maneuvers;
- Attitude Control;
- Data Management;
- Satellite Orbits;
- Solar Activity;
- Solar Cells;
- Thermosphere;
- Astronautics (General)