Also called:
AMSAT
Date of launch (location):
Nov. 15, 1974 (WTR)
Launched with:
NOAA 4
Launch vehicle:
Delta 2310
Weight (kg):
29.5
Shape:
Rectangular
Dimensions (m):
0.42 diameter
0.43 height
Power source:
Solar cells and batteries
NASA's role:
Launch vehicle (launched on a
noninterference basis piggyback with other payloads; no NASA
objectives)
Cooperating organizations:
NASA and Radio Amateur Satellite
Corp.
Spacecraft provider:
Radio Amateur Satellite Corp.
Objectives:
Conduct a three-year educational
program; demonstrate feasibility of use of "bush" emergency,
medical, aeronautical, maritime, and land mobile
communications.
Results:
Successful.
Reference: NASA, "NOAA 4 Mission Operations Report," E-601-74-16, Oct. 18, 1974.