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R
E PROJECT: ESRO II
(To be launched about
May 31, 1967)
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CONTENTS
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GENERAL RELEASE-----------------------------------------1-5
MEMO 0? UNDERSTANDING/ESRO & NASA----------------------6-7
ESRO II EXPERIMENTS------------------------------------8-10
SPACECRAFT AND SUBSYSTEMS------------------------------10
Telemetry and Data-Storage System------------------ 10
Real-Time Telemetry--------------------------------11
Tape Recorder--------------------------------------11
Stored Data Telemetry-------------------------------11
Antennas--------------------------------------------11
Comma-1 Systemr------------------------------------11
Power System---------------------------------------12
Solar Array-----------------------------------------12
Battery---------------------------------------------12
Attitude Control System------------------------------12
De-Spin System---------------------------------------13
Spin-Up System-------------------------------------13
Nutation Damping System----------------------------13
Housekeeping System--------------------------------13
LAThermal Control SystemL------------------------------13
LAUNCH VEHICLE -------------------------------------- 14
Flight Sequence------------------------------------14
ESRO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS------------------------------15
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P -NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION TEL WO 2-4155
NEWS WASHINGTON,DC. 2054 TE WO 3-6925
FIRST U.S.-ESRO
SATELLITE LAUNCH
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The agreement between NASA and ESRO, under which this co-
this year. ESRO 11, the solar and cosmic radiation payload is
now being readied for launching.
ESRO
*Design, build, test and deliver two flight-qualified
equipment;
of spacecraft data;
related training.
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NASA
sources;
tests;
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Cal., will provide pre-launch and launch support and the NASA
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ESRO II EXPERIMENTS
Monitor of Energetic-Particle Flux (S-25)
Principal investigators are Professor H. Elliot and Dr.
J. J. Quenby, both of Imperial College, London.
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Real-Time Telemetry
The real-time link will operate continuously to transmit
data as produced by the scientific or the housekeeping systems.
Any suitably equipped station can receive transmissions, which
are compatible with conventional STADAN receiving equipment.
Signals from the real-time transmitter will also aid in pointing
the telemetry station antennas for tracking purposes.
Tape Recorder
In addition to real-time transmission, an on-board endless-
tape magnetic tape recorder will store information generated
while reception of real-time transmission is not possible. Max-
imum storage capacity is 110minutes, slightly more than one or-
bit period. The ratio of record-to-playback speeds is 1 to 32.
Stored data from one orbit will be replayed in approximately 3.5
minutes and transmitted by the high-power stored data transmitter.
Antennas
Both telemetry transmitters (along with the telecommand
receiver) are coupled through a duplexer and hybrid ring to a
four-element turnstile antenna whose elements, about 20.3 inches
(52.1 cm) long, are attached to the lower end of the solar cell
longerons and deployed parallel to the satellite's longitudinal
axis.
Command System
The ESRO II satellite will be controlled in flight by 36
commands, using a tone-digital command system compatible with
Goddard Space Flight Center standards. The on-board receiver
shares antennas with the telemetry transmitters and operates on
an RF frequency of 148.25 megacycles.
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Power System
De-Spin System
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LAUNCH VEHICLE
Spin-up 394.0
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