Missions, experiments, and results (partly preliminary) are summarized for the following satellites: HEOS 2, TD-1, ESRO 4, COS-B, GEOS 1, ISEE, Meteosat 1, and IUE. Five other scientific missions under development for launches between 1978 and 1983 described are: GEOS 2, first Spacelab payload, Exosat, out-of-ecliptic/solar polar mission, and ESA's participation in the NASA space telescope program. The Firewheel experiment, a project developed outside ESA as a passenger payload for a development flight of the Ariane launcher, is briefly mentioned. A bibliography on most ESA satellites is appended.


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    Title :

    Report Presented to the Twenty-First COSPAR Meeting


    Contributors:
    R. D. Andresen (author) / F. Beeckmans (author) / A. C. Durney (author) / B. Feuerbacher (author) / K. Knott (author)

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    288 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English