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R PROJECT: OGO-B
(To be launched no
earlier than May 31, 1966)
E_ SCONTENTS
GENERAL RELEASE------------------------------------1-5
OGO-B SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES--------------------,-.6
OGO-B EXPERIMENTS---------------------------------6-13
THE SPACECRAFT---------------------------------14
OGO Structure---------------------------------14-1
Attitude Control System-----------------------15
Thermal Control System------------------------15-16
Communications and Data Handling--------------16-17
Data Processing---- ------------------------- 17
FIRST TWO MISSIONS----------------------------- 17-19
SCIENTIFIC RESULTS FROM OGO-I AND OGO-II----------19-21
ORBITING GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY-B----------------22
Observatory------------------------------------22-23
Communications and Data Handling System--------23
Tracking and Data Acquisition Stations---------23-24
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION TELS WO 2-4155
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SUNDAY
May 29, 1966
RELEASE NO: 66-132May29,1966
GEOPHYSICAL
OBSERVATORY
LAUNCH MAY 31
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on a time-correlated basis.
and October 14, 1965 respectively. The apogee for the OGO-B
Earth line.
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the one scheduled for 000 B. 0O0 II was put into a near-
Earth polar orbit.
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ORBITING GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
PRESENT PROGRAM
HIGHLY ELLIPTICAL -
LOW INCLINATION ORBITS - OGO-B
CONTINUE OGO-I
EMPHASIZE STUDIES O RE STUDIES; ADDED - OGO-E
INTERPLANETARY REGION LOW ENERGY STRESS ELECTRON
SHOCK AND TRANSITION ZONES PARTICLE STUDIES MEASUREMENTS-
MAOGNETOSPHERE THERMAL ENERGIES
RADIATION BELTS OGO-I TO 10 BEV
10 BEV
IONOSPHERE
COSMIC RAYS
SOLAR RADIATION
MICROMETEORITES
GEOCORONA 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
LOW ALTITUDE -
NEARLY - POLAR ORBITS
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CGO-B SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES
OGO-B EXPERIMENTS
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ORBITING GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
AREAS OF INVESTIGATION AND ORBITS,OGO I AND OGO B
*IONIZA' ION
* SUDDEN IONOSPHERIC
DISTURBANCES */GALACTIC COSMIC
* VERY OW FREQUENCY RADIATION
NOISE
NOISE
*SOLAR WIND SUN
SAIRGLOW 2550
e ELECTROMAGNETIC
, RADIATION
* INTERPLANETARY
MAGNETIC FIELDS
J *SHOCK WAVE
S0 eLMAGNETOSPHERIC COMPRESSION
/ * HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES
76,000 MILES
76OO B ORBIT PARTICLE ACCELERATION
OGO B ORBIT
SOGEOMAGNETIC TRAPPING
// PARTICLE BUNCHING
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Positron Search and Gamma Ray Spectrum - Goddard Space Flight
Plasma Measurements
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Low Energy Electrons and Protons Measurements - State University
o-f Iowa
Center
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Magnetic Fields Experiments
and UCLA
Ionospheric Experiments
Laboratory
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University of Illinois
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Micrometeoroid Experiment
Interplanetary Dust Particles - Temple University
This experiment will measure the velocity, mass and
density distribution of interplanetary dust' particles of
micron size. The findings of this experiment will extend
the mass-distribution curve down to the radiation pressure
limit. Four detectors are used. These are cylindrical tubes
containing acoustical sensors and elements for collecting
charge for minute plasma clouds. A particle entering the
tube penetrates a thin metallic film and produces a plasma
cloud. A second plasma cloud is produced at impact with the
acoustical sensor. Timing of the plasma clouds and the im-
pulse at impact determine the velocity and mass of each
particle.
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OGO MAIN BODY SHOWING EXPERIMENT MOUNTING
APPEINDAGE EXPERIMENT
SOEP
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
LOUVERS
SOLAR-ARRAY
DRIVE ASSEMBLY
SOLAR-PANEL SHAFT
SOLAR ARRAY
EXPERIMENT
MOUNTING DOOR
SUBSYSTEM
ASSEMBLIES DRIV ASSMBL
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SOEP NO.1
SOEP NO.2
EP NO.2 1/2 SOLAR ARRAY
SEPARATION BAND
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ORIENTATION
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ORBITING GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
APPENDAGE DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCE
2nd DEPLOYMENT
COMPLETED
:st DEPLOYMENT
COMPLETED
INJECTION
ATTITUDE-CONTROL BOOM
EXPERIMENT CONTAINERS
SOLAR-PANEL ASSEMBLY
SOEP
UHF OMNIDIRECTIONAL
OPEP DRIVE ASSEMBLY - / ANTENNA
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OBSERVATORY
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Launch Atlas-Agena B
Rocket:
Orbit: Apogec, 76,000 statute miles;
Perigee, 170 statute miles
Angle of 31 degrees
Inclination:
Plasma Experiments
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Ionospheric Measurements
THE COUNTDOWN
Significant milestones in the 6 1/2-hour prelaunch
countdown. The launch window varies with the launch day
from 45 to 90 minutes in length, late (around 10 p.m., EDT)
in the day.
T minus time
(minutes) Event
395 Start Count
155 Agena fuel tanking
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VEHICLE STATISTICS
Atlas Booster Agena-B Upper Stage
Height 70 feet 37 feet (including
shroud)
Weight 261,000 pounds about 16,000 pounds
Diameter 10 feet 5 feet
Thrust 388,000 pounds 16,000 pounds in space
Propellants LOX and RP-1 UDMH (unsymmetrical
dimethyl hydrazine)
and IRFNA (inhibited
red fuming nitric
acid)
Propulsion 2 Rocketdyne Bell Aerosystems 8096
boosters; 1 sus- (restartable)
tainer; 2 verniers
Guidance G. E. radio-inertial Minneapolis-Honeywell
inertial guidance
and Barnes horizon
sensors
Prime Contractor General Dynamics/ Lockheed Missiles &
Convair, San Diego, Space Corp., Sunny-
California vale, California
THE OGO-B PROGRAM TEAM
The following key officials are responsible for the
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory-B program:
NASA Headquarters
Dr. Homer E. Newell, Associate Administrator for Space
Science and Applications
Jesse E. Mitchell, Director, Physics and Astronomy
Programs
Marcel J. Aucremanne, Geophysical Observatories, Program
Manager
Thomas L. Fischetti, Associate Program Manager, OGO
Dr. Alois W. Schardt, OGO-B Program Scientist
Vincent L. Johnson, Director, Launch Vehicle and Pro-
pulsion Programs
J. B. Mahon, Agena Program Manager
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Prime Contractor
Major Subcontractors
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