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NATIONAL AERON AUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION WO 2-41,5
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R PROJECT: PEnASUS C
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FINAL PEGASUS/SATURN
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DETACHABLE PANELS
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Earth since last May 25. Pegasus I was sent into orbit
Feb. 16, 1965.
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that of the last four Saturn Its. Atop the launch vehicle
is the Apollo spacecraft: boilerplate command and service
modules plus the launch escape system tower. The spacecraft
will be folded inside the specially-adapted service module.
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FLIGHT SEQUENCE
powered flight:
fire, and the six S-IV engines ignite. Ten seconds later,
at T plus 162, the S-IV ullage motor cases and the Launch
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PEGASUS C SATELLITE
program.
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Description of Spacecraft
extrusions.
frames. These hinges are spring loaded so that the wings unfold
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in the wing frames. Each wing has one eight-panel frame and
of foam about one inch thick. On the opposite side of the foam
"core" another capacitor sandwich is mounted. In this manner
thick. Data from these panels can be compared with data from
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PROJECT PEGASUS
METEOROID DETECTOR I:
EXPLODED VIEW-
TARGET SHEET-
CAPACITOR {
FOAM CORE-
CAPACITOR{
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SHEET
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each side. The frame of the spacecraft was coated with luminous
craft compartments.
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ISOLATOR
RIGID FOAM
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RESTRAINING wIRE
SIGNAL GROUND
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panels, the data obtained with .008 inch thick and .016
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thereby "cleaning up" the data take and easing the worx of
Center.
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carryi± J. vehicles
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For its second stage, the Saturn IB will use the 200,000
pound thrust S-IVB. The giant Saturn V moon rocket will have
an S-IC booster, and S-II second stage, the S-IVB and Apollo
payload.
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The IIJ is locatc between the S-IV and the payload and
is an unpressur1zed version of the unit flown on earlier
Saturn I vehicles. It is 154 inches in diameter, 34 inches
high and weighs some 2,600 pounds.
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LAUNCH PREPARATIONS
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The countdown for the launch will cover two days. The
first part of the count, 4105 winutesiwill be on T-1 day. The
second part of the count will begin on launch day at T-600
minutes. The last two minutes, 43 seconds of the count will
be controlled by an automatic sequencing system.
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The instrument unit and t"he Pegasus each have tWo 136-
mc telemetry transmitters-, onre set to close dowrn auto.mlztically
after 18 months of continuous operation and one to remain
dormant until in'terrogated. AnM interrot:ation commnand wfill
actI-,-'vat;-e the transmi-tter for 90-' seconds. Pcrf orriiig only on
cconmand, this transmitter will not be shut dcwn after a speci-
f'ied tim e.
The STADAN will then track Pe-asus for t~he lifetime ofI
the 136-me telemetry transmitters. Uo-on beginnineg, of reentry.,
or 136-me transmitter decline, ol~bi ~al data responsibility
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mand facilities.
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tracking data.
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