Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU)
between NASA and Bundesminister fur
Wissenschaftliche Forschung (Federal Rep. of Germany), June
10, 1969
Date of launch (range):
Dec. 10, 1974 (ETR)
Launch vehicle:
Titan-Centaur
Shape:
16-sided cylindrical central body
with conical solar arrays attached at both ends
Weight (kg):
370
Dimensions (m):
1.75, diam. central
compartment
0.55, height (2.12 with solar arrays;
4.2 with antenna mast)
2.77, largest diam. of solar
arrays
Power source:
solar arrays plus Ag-Zn
battery
Prime contractor:
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm
Date of reentry:
N/A
NASA's role:
launch vehicle and technical support;
participation in experiment program
Responsible NASA center:
GSFC
Project manager:
Gilbert W. Ousley
Project scientist:
James H. Trainor
Objectives:
To investigate the fundamental solar
processes and solar terrestrial relationships by the study
of phenomena such as solar wind, magnetic and electric
fields, cosmic rays, and cosmic dust in the region between
earth's orbit and about 0.3 AU from the sun.
Experiments (responsible country or
organization):
.
plasma detection
(Max-Planck-Institut)
flux gate magnetometer (Institut fur
Geophysik und Meteorologic, TU Braunschweig)
search-coil magnetometer (Institut
fur Nachrichtentechnik, TU Braunschwieg and Institute
fur Geophysik and Meteorologic, TU
Braunschweig)
flux gate magnetometer (GSFC)
plasma and radio wave (Univ. of
Iowa)
cosmic ray (Institut fur Reine und
Angewandte Kernphysik, Universitat Kiel)
cosmic ray (GSFC)
electron detector (MPI)
zodiacal light photometer
(Landessternwarte Heidelberg)
micrometeroid analyzer (MPI)
celestial mechanics (Institut fur
Theoretische Physik, Universitat Hamburg)
Results:
Successful; first perihelion (0.309
AU) was reached on Mar. 15, 1975; some data still being
received in late 1982.
Reference: MOR S-823-74-01, Dec. 6, 1974.