Abstract The satellite San Marco 5 was injected into a low equatorial orbit on March 25, 1988 from the italian San Marco Range (Kenya) and re-entered on December 6, 1988. It was the last and most complex spacecraft of the San Marco aeronomic satellites, developed under a cooperative research program between the University of Rome and NASA, with the participation of DFVLR (Germany). The paper describes the scientific mission and the spacecraft design, which accomodates an integrated set of instruments in a very dense assembly. Particular aspects related to the management of the spacecraft in orbit and to the strategy for the satellite interrogation are also described.
The San Marco 5 mission
Advances in Space Research ; 13 , 1 ; 165-184
1992-01-01
20 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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