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LAUNCH O P E R A T I O N S . . 9
CONTRACTORS ........................................ 12
Mailed:
August 10, 1977
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N,ition,tl Aeronautics and
S p m ?Admlnistratlon
Washington D C 20546
AC, 202 755 8370
David G a r r e t t
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone: 2 0 2 / 7 5 5 - 3 0 9 0 )
Joseph McRoberts
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
(Phone: 3 0 1 / 9 8 2 - 4 9 5 5 )
appear.
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I t w i l l be i n j e c t e d i n t o a synchronous t r a n s f e r o r b i t
r o u g h l y 4 0 h o u r s a f t e r l a u n c h , when t h e s p a c e c r a f t i s o v e r
allowed t o d r i f t s e v e r a l d e g r e e s p e r day u n t i l i t a r r i v e s
a t i t s o n - s t a t i o n p o s i t i o n a t 1 0 d e g r e e s E. l o n g i t u d e above
t h e equator.
T h e apogee k i c k m o t o r f i r i n g w i l l be c o n t r o l l e d from
t a n e o u s l y t o ESOC.
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F i r s t Stage
Second S t a g e
Third Stage
The t h i r d s t a g e i s t h e TE-364-4 s p i n - s t a b i l i z e d , s o l i d
p r o p e l l a n t T h i o k o l motor. I t i s secured i n t h e s p i n t a b l e
mounted t o t h e second s t a g e . The f i r i n g of e i g h t s o l i d pro-
p e l l a n t r o c k e t s f i x e d t o t h e s p i n t a b l e a c c o m p l i s h e s spin-up
of t h e t h i r d s t a g e s p a c e c r a f t assembly.
I n j e c t i o n I n t o Synchronous O r b i t
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Height: 35.4 m ( 1 1 6 f t . ) i n c l u d i n g s h r o u d
F i r s t Stage
( L i q u i d o n l y ) c o n s i s t s o f a n e x t e n d e d l o n g - t a n k Thor,
produced by McDonnell Douglas. The RS-27 e n g i n e s are pro-
duced by t h e Rocketdyne D i v i s i o n of Rockwell I n t e r n a t i o n a l .
The s t a g e h a s t h e f o l l o w i n g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s :
Diameter: 2.4 m (8 f t . )
Propellants: R J - 1 k e r o s e n e a s t h e f u e l and l i q u i d
oxygen (LOX) a s t h e o x i d i z e r
Castor I V s t r a p - o n s o l i d s c o n s i s t of n i n e TX 526 a o l i d -
p r o p e l l a n t r o c k e t s produced by t h e T h i o k o l Chemical Corp.,
with t h e following f e a t u r e s :
Diameter: 0.8 m ( 3 1 in.)
Height: 7 m (23 f t . )
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Second Stacre
Diameter: 1.5 m ( 5 f t . ) p l u s 2 . 4 m (8 f t . )
attached ring
Height: 6 . 4 m ( 2 1 ft.)
Third Stage
Diameter: 1 m (3 ft.)
Weight: 1,152 kg ( 2 , 5 6 0 l b . )
Thrust: 61,855 N (13,900 1b.I
Burning T i m e : 44 seconds
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LAUNCH OPERATIONS
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NASA H e a d a u a r t e r s
J o s e p h B. Mahon D i r e c t o r of Expendable
Launch V e h i c l e Programs
Goddard Space F l i g h t C e n t e r
Robert G o s s C h i e f , Mission A n a l y s i s
and I n t e g r a t i o n Branch,
Delta Project Office
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Goddard C e n t e r (Cont'd. 1
J a c k Yudd M i s s i o n O p e r a t i o n s and
Network S u p p o r t Manager
Kennedy Space C e n t e r
L e e R. Scherer Director
G e r a l d D. Griffin Deputy D i r e c t o r
CONTRACTORS
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