1990009927 L i _- SPACE r_#_ __ : DATA .:-__: -_ NATIONALCENTER ; WORLDDATA CENTERA for ROCKETSAND SATELLITES 88-03 i i m Compendium.of Meteorological Space Programs, Satellites,and Experiments ,# _, _. LelandL.Dubach CarolynNg '_ "- • March1988 (NASA_T__I02924) COMPENDIUM OF N90-19243 M[TFORULOGICAL SPACE PROGRAMS, SATELLITES, ANO [Xe[_IM[:NTS (NASA) 285 p CSCL 22A unclas GS/L2 0257142 ,,i, , NationaAel ronauticsand .i,%... "_ ' _:_lceAdministration. ,, _ ,. ., G_rd SlxmeRightCent_, _ .... '_- GreenbelMarylandt, 20771 - - -" "<_ 1990009927-002 ---" _- Z ..... " ............... IIII I I I [ II I II II1' I I " ._l_ ,_ ........ ,_ -- f, NSSDC/WDC-A-R&S 88-03 e : f COMPENDIUM OF METEOROLOGICAL SPACE PROGRAMS, ! SATELLITES, AND EXPERIMENTS ,i 2- Leland L. Dubach _ Severe Storms Branch _, Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center _ .. Carolyn Ng ;_: ¢ ScienceLanham,ApplicationsMarylaResearchnd for the National Space Science Data Center _- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center g... March 1988 f NationalSpaceScienceDataCenter/ World Data Center A for Rockets and Satellites _. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 r '_ _d_J_: -- . ..... • ......... -]ll ....... II El II I IIII1 -- " .... - _ _ d__" 1990009927-003 II ,J ?..,. _]_ PREFACE This volume includesplans and eventsknown to the authors through January 1987. Compilation of the informationbeganin 1967,concurrentwith a period of majorexpansionof facilities and personnelat the National SpaceScience Data Center(NSSDC). As noted in the acknowledgments, there have beenten primarycontributors. The satellite informationis recorded in an Automated Information Management(AIM) system,which was initiatedat NSSDC in 1967. It is a tool that has proved extremelyuseful for maintaining,revising,and reproducingthis satellite and experi- ment information. A largeportion of this volume consistsof selectedextracts from this AIM file. This revision of the compendiumincludesnew and updatedmaterialon satellites and experiments, a rearrangementof materials,pagination,and indexing which is more amenableto updating, and a different approach to preparationof the bibliography. It includes summaryinformationon programs of all nations sponsoringmeteorologicalexperiments. Punching for a standard three- ring notebookhas beenprovided to simplifytheadditionof material to keel:,the informationup to date. S _ iii i 'i, PRECEDINGPAGEBLANKNOT FILMED IpNit i.)..J_INTENTIQNALLYBLAI_ 1990009927-004 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many persons have contributed significantly to the preparation of this volume. We wish to recognize primary authorship of the text by the following: Boyington, Gerald D. Diesen, Bernard C. Hankins, Russell A. Havanac, Peter J. Lease, John C. Patterson, Vem Sheu, Yi-Tsuei P. Stoldt, Norman W. Except for the coauthors and Y. P. Sheu, all contributing authors were on assignment to NSSDC from USAF-MAC-AWS between 1967 and 1978. 1: Special credit is given here to N. W. Stoldt and P. J. Havanac, who prepared the first edition of this compendium in 1973. We also wish to acknowledge the leadership and support of NSSDC and the Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres management, Dr. J. King, Dr. J. I. Vette, Dr. J. L. Green, and Dr. J. Simpson who provided encouragement and resources for the completion of this revised compendium. The entire staff of the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), both federal and contract employees, and its computer facilities have been instrumental in maintaining the files used to pro- duce this volume. Clerical support was also provided by Ms. C. Sawyer of the GSFC Severe Storms Branch. We are also indebted to a long list of individuals and information sources too numerous to name, without which this volume would not have been possible. Especially noteworthy have been the chief editor, Ms. B. Goldberg; Ms. J. Riddle of the NASA/GSFC Library; Ms. M. Pavlovich of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Library; the NSSDC Technical Reference System; the Radio Astronomy Explorer (King-Hele et al.) literature on orbital information; and NORAD releases of launch information. Not to be forgotten are the many NOAA, NASA, and ESA experimenters and other contacts from whom information has been obtained. ¢ V PAGEI V __INrrNTI0tALL8LYAIUl PRECEDINGPAGE BLANK NO'f FILMED ": i 1990009927-005 I III II II I IIII " I I1'1 I I I .... _ _ la i i - " I I II I ' - ,_.,_ TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ............................................................................................. iii Acknowledgments ................................................................................ v I. Introduction ................................................................................. 1 Explanatory Notes ....................................................................... 3 Bibliography .............................................................................. 8 Historical Notes ......................................................................... 8 II. Meteorological Space Programs, Satellites, and Experiments ....................... 13 AEM ............................................................................... AEM1 - 5 Al_41o ............................................................................. APO 1 - 10 ATS ................................................................................ ATS 1 - 7 Bhaskara .......................................................................... BHA 1 - 4 Cosmos ........................................................................... COS 1 -12 Discoverer ....................................................................... DIS 1 - 4 DMSP ............................................................................. DMS 1 -18 DOD ............................................................................... DOD 1 - 5 IB' DODGE ........................................................................... DOE 1- 4 EOLE .............................................................................. EOL 1 - 4 ERBE .............................................................................. ERB 1 - 4 ESSA .............................................................................. ESS 1 - 8 Explorer .......................................................................... EXP 1 - 4 Gemini ............................................................................. GEM 1 - 7 GMS ............................................................................... GMS 1 - 4 GOES/SMS ....................................................................... GOE 1 - 8 INSAT ............................................................................. INS 1 - 4 IRS ................................................................................ IRS 1 - 4 Landsat ........................................................................... LAN 1 - 9 Mercury ........................................................................... MER 1 - 4 Meteorl .......................................................................... ME1 1 - 7 Meteor2 .......................................................................... ME2 1- 4 Meteosat .......................................................................... MET 1 - 5 Molniya ........................................................................... MOL 1 - 5 MOS ............................................................................... MOS 1 - 4 ¢ Nimbus ........................................................................... NIM 1 - 17 : vii ' 7i PRECEDINGPAGE BLANK NOT FILMED ,_,_ ,:,,l_llmlP,'."'.L'_' __ _1 II I IIII I II gill ], ,!,[,,,,",-- " _,_ 1990009927-006 • I....... '.......... i i ii ii u i iHIIII I I| I I I I I " "...... .--= ---- _ ) ,!i TABLE OF CONTENTS NOAA (1-5)/ITOS ............................................................... NO1 1 - 8 NOAA (6, 7, D)/TIROS-N ..................................................... NO6 1 - 7 NOAA (8-10, H-J)/ATN ....................................................... NO8 1 - 8 Salyut .............................................................................. SAL 1 - 6 Seasat .............................................................................. SEA 1 - 6 Shuttlel .......................................................................... SH1 1 - 5 Shuttle2: Spacelab .............................................................. SH2 1 - 4 Skylab ............................................................................. SKY 1- 6 Soyuz .............................................................................. SOY 1- 7 TIROS ............................................................................. TIR 1 - 9 TOPEX ........................................................................... TOP 1 - 4 Vanguard ......................................................................... VAN 1 - 5 Voskhod .......................................................................... VOD 1 - 4 Vostok ............................................................................. VOK 1 - 5 Zond ............................................................................... ZON 1 - 4 III. Appendixes ............................................................................... A-1 41' Appendix A: Listing of Proposed and Planned Spacecraft .................... A-3 ,8 Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms ...................................... B-1 Appendix C: Definitions Unique to NSSDC Files .............................. C-1 Appendix D: Cross Indexes ......................................................