AEROS (satellite)

AEROScite book|author=Yenne, Bill|title="The Encyclopedia of US Spacecraft"|publisher=Exeter Books (A Bison Book), New York|year=1985|id=ISBN 0-671-07580-2p.12 AEROS] satellite was to study the science of the upper atmosphere and ionospheric F region's solar ultraviolet radiation. Aeros was built by Ball Aerospace for a co-operative project between NASA and the "Bundesministerium für Foschung", Federal Republic of Germany.cite book|author=Yenne, Bill|title="The Encyclopedia of US Spacecraft"|publisher=Exeter Books (A Bison Book), New York|year=1985|id=ISBN 0-671-07580-2p.82 Key Hole]

AEROS B satellite was to make measurements of the aeronomic conditions that effected the state of the upper atmosphere and the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation.cite book|author=Yenne, Bill|title="The Encyclopedia of US Spacecraft"|publisher=Exeter Books (A Bison Book), New York|year=1985|id=ISBN 0-671-07580-2p.82 Key Hole]

A third Aeros C was planned for Earth Resources studies in a 3-axis spin-stabilized configuration, to be launched by a Shuttle in 1986.cite book|author=Yenne, Bill|title="The Encyclopedia of US Spacecraft"|publisher=Exeter Books (A Bison Book), New York|year=1985|id=ISBN 0-671-07580-2p.82 Key Hole] ^{(Needs research)}

Specifications

: "Source:" Yennecite book|author=Yenne, Bill|title="The Encyclopedia of US Spacecraft"|publisher=Exeter Books (A Bison Book), New York|year=1985|id=ISBN 0-671-07580-2p.82 Key Hole]
*Launch vehicles: Scout
*Launch location: Western Space and Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB
*Launch dates: 16 December 1972 (AEROS), 16 July 1974 (AEROS B)
*Re-entry dates: 22 August 1973 (AEROS), 2 September 1975 (AEROS B)
*Total weight: 280 pounds and 436 pounds for AEROS C
*Diameter: 36 inches
*Height: 28 inches
*Shape: Cylindrical
*Power: Solar cells/nickel-cadmium batteries
*Power requirements: 4.7-34.3 watts

References

External links

* [http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/missions/accomplished.html Goddard Space Flight Center]
* [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1974-055A AEROS B Satellite]