Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962 - NASA's History Office
Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962 - NASA's History Office
Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962 - NASA's History Office
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Oct. 20<br />
Oct. 26<br />
Oct. a7<br />
Oct. 31<br />
Nov. 1<br />
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(U.S.S.R.).<br />
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States).<br />
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able.<br />
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Agene.<br />
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Delta.<br />
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Star.<br />
Not avail.<br />
able.<br />
strumentation includes vidibn camera,<br />
gamma-fay spectrometer, radar<br />
reflectivity experiment, <strong>and</strong> seismometer;<br />
3 tpusdtters; 8,880 solar cells;<br />
I silver-zmc battery; 6 silvercadmium<br />
batteries.<br />
Total weight: Not available.<br />
Objective: Continuation <strong>of</strong> Cosmos<br />
scienti0c satellite serles.<br />
Payload: Not available.<br />
Not available.<br />
Total weight: 1001bs.<br />
Objective: Inject scientific satellite<br />
into elliptic81 orbit to stud artifldsl<br />
radiation belt created by 8.5. highaltitude<br />
nuclear explosion 7/9/02.<br />
Payload: 27” I Iff’ cone wtth magnetometer<br />
boom <strong>and</strong> 4 solar paddles;<br />
experiments were on magnetic field<br />
ion-electron, electron flux, <strong>and</strong> diad<br />
hution in pitch angle <strong>of</strong> electrons’<br />
transmitter; optical attitude senso<<br />
solar cells, including solarcell damage<br />
experiment.<br />
Total weight: 360 lbs.<br />
Objective: Orbit geodeticsatellite to<br />
calibrate Instruments at U.S. tracking<br />
stations around the world <strong>and</strong> obtain<br />
geodetic data.<br />
Payload: 36” sphere, contatning 4<br />
flashing-light beacons Secor radio<br />
ranging system Dopiler radio system<br />
transmittek solar cells.<br />
Tbtsl weight: 1:980 lbs.<br />
Objective: Conduct fly-by <strong>of</strong> planet<br />
Mars. gather interplanetary data on<br />
trip to Man <strong>and</strong> Martian data on<br />
fly-by: take TV Dictum <strong>of</strong> Maa <strong>and</strong><br />
relay them to ehth.<br />
Payload: 10’ I 1Y (in cruise posftion.<br />
with solar naneh <strong>and</strong> radiatora<br />
extended) strich; -in 2 wm rtmenu.<br />
orbital compartment mntmid-cd.urse<br />
motor, solar cells, radl.<br />
atom. <strong>and</strong> antennas; planetary coma<br />
partment contains TV cameri, spee<br />
tdectometer, spectrograph m<br />
netornetem, gaa discbar e <strong>and</strong> ’kcin%<br />
lating gauges, radiOte~~pe, lowenergy-proton-electron-ion<br />
trap <strong>and</strong><br />
micrometeorite countera. Source:<br />
TasS).<br />
Instruments reported to have<br />
functioned as lanned. Information<br />
on or& status not<br />
available.<br />
Btill in orbit.<br />
Wmt into orblt with min rate 10<br />
&&thepl&ed wee. because<br />
<strong>of</strong> failure <strong>of</strong> dedpin weights to<br />
deploy; spin rate renders data<br />
fr&m the-2 electron directional<br />
detectora almost unusable. Still<br />
in orhlt, dill transmltthg.<br />
Still in orbit. All 3 tracking sys-<br />
tems on board satellite stU<br />
tmsmitting.<br />
Trip to Mars to take about<br />
7 mos. Soviet calculations in-<br />
dicated that on original trajec-<br />
tory satellfte would pass<br />
n s b mi. from am. NO<br />
micieourse wmtion reported<br />
<strong>of</strong> 12/31/02. Still transmit-<br />
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