Date of launch (location):
Nov. 19, 1978 (ETR)
Launch vehicle:
Delta 2914
Weight (kg):
720
Shape:
Cylindrical
Dimensions (m):
2.23 length (3.1 overall
length)
2.20 diameter
Power source:
Solar cells plus NiCd
batteries
NASA's role:
Launch vehicle (reimbursable)
Cooperating organizations:
NASA, Department of Defense, USAF,
and NATO
Prime contractor:
Philco Ford Space & Reentry
Systems Division for USAF
Responsible
NASA center: Goddard Space Flight
Center
Project manager:
Robert Goss
Objectives:
Military communications
Results:
Successful.
Reference: NASA, "NATO-III C Communications Satellite," M-492-207-78-03, Nov. 15,4978.