Also called:
Instituto Nacional de Technica
Aerospacial Satellite
Memorandum of Understanding:
(MOU) between NASA and Comision
Nacional de Investigacion del Espacio (Spain), May
1972
Date of launch (range):
Nov. 15, 1974 (WTR)
Launch vehicle:
Thor-Delta 2310
Shape:
12-sided polyhedron
Weight (kg):
20
Dimensions (m):
0.46, diam.
0.45, height
Power source:
solar array plus NiCd battery
Mission responsibility:
Instituto Nacional de Teenica
Aerospacial (INTA)
Date of reentry:
N/A
NASA's role:
launch vehicle, technical support,
and tracking and data acquisition support for the spacecraft
interferometer
Responsible NASA center:
GSFC
Project manager:
William Witt
Objectives:
To measure the ionospheric total
electronic content, ionospheric irregularities, and
ionospheric scintillations.
Experiments (responsible country or
organization):
ionospheric beacon transmitter
(INTA)
Results:
Successful; launched piggyback with
NOAA 4 and AMSAT Oscar 7.
Reference: NASA Hq., Off. of Space Science, report E-601-74-16, app. B, Sept. 20, 1974.