SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978
 

Table 3-66. Explorer 52 Characteristics

 

Also called:

Hawkeye I or Injun F

Date of launch (range):

June 3, 1974 (WTR)

Launch vehicle:

Scout

Shape:

truncated cone

Weight (kg):

26.6

Dimensions (m):

0.75 base diameter

0.25, top diameter

0.75, height

Power source:

solar arrays plus AgCd battery

Prime contractor:

University of Iowa

Reentry date:

Apr. 28, 1978

Responsible NASA center:

LaRC

Project manager:

C. W. Coffee

Objectives:

To study the interaction of the solar wind with the geomagnetosphere at large radial distances over earth's polar caps.

Experiments (responsible organization):

.

Magnetometer (LaRC and Univ. of Iowa)

Low-energy proton-electron differential energy analyzer (LaRC and Univ. of Iowa)

Results:

Successful; continuation of Univ. of Iowa's Injun series.

Reference: MOR S-863-74-04, May 13, 1974.


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