Also called:
Highly Eccentric Orbiting
Satellite
Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU)
between NASA andEuropean Space
Research Organization, June 16, 1970
Date of launch (range):
Jan. 31, 1972 (WTR)
Launch vehicle:
Thor-Delta L
Shape:
16-sided polyhedron
Weight (kg):
117
Dimensions (m):
1.3, diam.
0.4, length (2.39, overall length
including adapter and boom)
Power source:
solar cells plus battery
Prime contractor:
Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohn
Date of reentry:
Aug. 2, 1974
NASA's role:
launch vehicle and technical support
(reimbursable)
Responsible NASA center:
GSFC
Project manager:
Robert J. Goss
Objectives:
To investigate interplanetary space
and high-latitude magnetosphere and its boundary in the
region around the northern neutral point.
Experiments (responsible country or
organization):
.
vector measurement of magnetic field
(U.K.)
measurement of electrons and protons
(Italy)
measurement of electromagnetic sun
radiation (Denmark)
measurement of particles
(Netherlands)
measurement of flux and energy
spectrum of primary electrons (Italy and France)
measurement of solar wind and
low-energetic particles (Federal Rep. of Germany)
measurement of flux of
micrometeoroids (Germany)
Results:
Successful.
Reference: MOR S-871-06, Jan. 6, 1972.