NSSDC ID: 1975-052A-13
Mission Name: Nimbus 6
Principal Investigator: Dr. Friedrich O. Vonbun
This experiment provided the Nimbus portion of a communication link from Nimbus to ATS to a ground station. The purpose of the experiment was to gain information on the use of such a link for range and rate communications (for satellite geodetic purposes) and for data communication from a low-orbiting spacecraft through a synchronous spacecraft to a ground telemetry station. The instrumentation included an S-band transponder, a command detector/decoder, an antenna programmer, a digital evaluation module, an S-band antenna, and an antenna gimbal assembly. Initial experiment operation was nominal.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Friedrich O. Vonbun | Principal Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
Mr. Paul E. Schmid, Jr. | Other Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |