Date of launch (location):
Apr. 13, 1974 (ETR)
Launch vehicle:
Delta 2914
Weight (kg):
571
Shape:
Cylindrical with antenna mounted on
one end
Dimensions (m):
1.56 height
1.85 diameter
Power source:
Solar panels plus NiCd
batteries
NASA's role:
Launch vehicle (reimbursable)
Cooperating organizations:
NASA and Western Union
Responsible NASA center:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Project manager:
Robert Goss
Prime contractor:
Hughes Aircraft Co., for the Western
Union Telegraph Co.
Objectives:
To provide commercial communications;
capable of 14 400 voice channels or 12 color TV
channels.
Results:
Successful; first of a series of
three.
Reference: NASA, "Westar Mission Operations Report," S-492-203-74-01, Apr. 1, 1974.