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.