Also called:
Transit Improvement Program
Date of launch (location):
Oct. 11, 1975 (WTR)
Launch vehicle:
Scout
Weight (kg):
162
Shape:
Cylindrical with four solar
paddles
Dimensions (m):
Not available
Power source:
Solar panels plus NiCd
batteries
NASA's role:
Launch vehicle (reimbursable)
Cooperating organizations:
NASA and U.S. Navy
Responsible NASA center:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Project manager:
Robert Goss
Prime contractor:
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
Laboratory
Objectives:
To provide improved communications
support for military navigation.
Results:
Unsuccessful; solar panels did not
depoy; spacecraft began to tumble after being inserted into
transfer orbit.
Reference: NASA, "TIP II Mission Operations Report," M-490-601-75-10, Oct. 1, 1975.