Constraints within which spacecraft must be designed are provided by orbits of inclined eccentric and polar orbits of EGO and POGO missions and characteristics of Atlas, Thor, and Agena launch vehicles; details of configurations; main body is rectangular prism 6 ft long by 3 ft square; panels that form sides are of corrugated aluminum sandwich structure; thermal control system is designed to keep interior temperature of spacecraft's main body within limits of 5 to 35 C; power supply consists of batteries, solar array, and charge regulating and power distribution equipment; attitude control; communications and data handling; system checkout and test.


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    Titel :

    Engineering design of orbiting geophysical observatories


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    NASA SP


    Beteiligte:
    Gleghorn, G.E. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1963


    Format / Umfang :

    13 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Engineering design of orbiting geophysical observatories

    Gleghorn, G.J. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1962



    The orbiting geophysical observatories

    Ludwig, George H. | TIBKAT | 1965



    The Orbiting Geophysical Observatories

    Scull, W. E. | NTRS | 1969