Date of launch (range):
June 5, 1969 (WTR)
Launch vehicle:
Thrust-augmented Thor-Agena D
Shape:
rectangular parallelepiped with 2
6.7-m booms and 4 1.2-m booms
Weight (kg):
544.3
Dimensions (m):
1.7, length
0.8, width
1.2, depth
Power source:
Solar cells plus AgCd
batteries
Prime contractor:
TRW
Date of reentry:
Oct. 12, 1979
Responsible NASA center:
GSFC
Project manager:
Wilfred E. Scull
Project scientist:
N. W. Spencer
Objectives:
To conduct correlative studies of
latitude dependent atmospheric phenomena during a period of
maximum solar activity.
Experiments (responsible
organization):
.
Electron temperature and density
(Univ. of Michigan and GSFC)
Ionospheric ducting (Southwest Center
for Advanced Studies)
Neutral ion concentration and mass
(GSFC)
Ion mass spectrometer (SW Ctr. for
Adv. Stud.)
Energy transfer probe (Faraday
Laboratories)
Solar x-ray emissions (Naval Research
Laboratory)
Solar ultraviolet emissions (Air
Force Cambridge Research Laboratory)
Solar ultraviolet survey (Univ. of
New Mexico)
Airglow and auroral emissions (Univ.
of Paris)
Celestial Lyman-Alpha (Aerospace
Corporation)
Ultraviolet photometer (Univ. of
Colorado and Packard Bell)
Low-energy auroral particles
(GSFC)
Trapped and precipitated electrons
(Univ. of California at Los Angeles; GSFC)
Neutron monitor (Univ. of New
Hampshire)
Low-energy solar cosmic rays
(McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company)
Solar and galactic cosmic rays
(California Institute of Technology)
Magnetic field measurements (JPL and
UCLA)
Electric field measurements
(GSFQ
VLF polarization and wave normal
direction (Stanford Univ.)
Whistler and low frequency electric
fields (Dartmouth College)
Sodium airglow (Univ. of Pittsburgh
and Univ. of Paris)
Results:
Successful; last of a series of 6
OGOs.
Reference: MOR S-841-69-06, June 3, 1969.