Date of launch (location):
Aug. 27, 1975 (ETR)
Launch vehicle:
Delta 2914
Weight (kg):
402
Shape:
Hexagonal cylinder with three
solar-panel wings
Dimensions (m):
1.85 diameter (2.5 tip-to-tip)
0.50 height
Power source:
Solar panels plus NiCd
batteries
NASA's role:
Launch vehicle (reimbursable)
Cooperating organizations:
NASA, the Federal Republic of
Germany, and France
Responsible NASA center:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Project manager:
Robert Goss
Prime contractor:
Consortium Industriel France-Allemand
pour Symphonie for the FRG
Objectives:
To provide experimental
communications between Europe and Africa and South America;
capable of 1200 telephone, 8 voice, or 2 color TV
circuits.
Results:
Successful.
Reference: NASA, "Symphonie 2 Mission Operations Report," S-492-204-75-02, July 25, 1975.