The Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (OSTA 1) payload was designed to demonstrate shuttle's capability as a space research platform and the potential application of techniques for future remote sensing. Because thermal tests planned for STS-2 flight require that the payload bay to be pointed towards Earth, the experiments selected for OSTA 1 emphasize terrestrial sciences and are concerned with remote sensing for Earth resources, environmental quality, ocean conditions, meteorological phenomena, and life sciences. Characteristics of the STS-2 flight, the major events timeline, geopgraphical areas coverage, pallet experiments ground coverages, and experiment operating modes are described. The OSTA-1 pallet configuration, payload interface, and the instruments comprising each of the experiments are described and illustrated. Mission support stations, and the payload team are listed. Mission cost data are included.
Mission Operation Report: OSTA-1
1981
28 pages
Report
No indication
English
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