Date of launch (location):
Aug. 25, 1977 (ETR)
Launch vehicle:
Delta 2313
Weight (kg):
398
Shape:
Cylindrical with antenna mounted on
one end
Dimensions (m):
1.44 diameter
0.95 height (2 overall)
Power source:
Solar cells plus NiCd
batteries
NASA's role:
Launch vehicle (reimbursable)
Cooperating organizations:
NASA and Italy
Responsible NASA center:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Project manager:
Robert Goss
Prime contractor:
Compagnia Industriale Acrospaziale
for the government of Italy.
Objectives:
To conduct communications technology
experiments and study effects of meteorological conditions
on signal propagation.
Results:
Successful.
Reference: NASA, "Sirio Mission Operations Report," M-492-209-77-01, Aug. 11, 1977.