Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms
Start Date
24-4-1991 2:00 PM
End Date
24-4-1991 10:00 AM
Description
The developing and launching of LAGEOS 2 must be considered an important step in the evolution of Italian space and scientific activities. This paper will describe the scientific objectives of the IRIS-LAGEOS 2 mission, giving full details, characteristics and performances of the LAGEOS system and its launcher, IRIS:
LAGEOS 2 is a scientific satellite to be utilized for geodesy research being developed in Italy under a joint agreement between the Italian (ASI) and U.S. (NASA) Space Agencies.
IRIS (Italian Research Interim Stage), funded and managed by the Italian Space Agency, is a spinning, solid propellant upper stage system to be used in conjunction with the NASA Space Transportation System.
An overview of pre-launch ground activities and flight operations will be provided. The program status will be summarized. The industrial organization in charge of developing both systems will be, briefly, indicated.
Paper Session II-A - Iris-LAGEOS 2 Mission
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms
The developing and launching of LAGEOS 2 must be considered an important step in the evolution of Italian space and scientific activities. This paper will describe the scientific objectives of the IRIS-LAGEOS 2 mission, giving full details, characteristics and performances of the LAGEOS system and its launcher, IRIS:
LAGEOS 2 is a scientific satellite to be utilized for geodesy research being developed in Italy under a joint agreement between the Italian (ASI) and U.S. (NASA) Space Agencies.
IRIS (Italian Research Interim Stage), funded and managed by the Italian Space Agency, is a spinning, solid propellant upper stage system to be used in conjunction with the NASA Space Transportation System.
An overview of pre-launch ground activities and flight operations will be provided. The program status will be summarized. The industrial organization in charge of developing both systems will be, briefly, indicated.
Comments
Science Payloads
Session Chairman: John M. Klineberg, Director, Goddard Space Flight Center,Greenbelt, MD
Session Organizer: Lee O’Fallon, Space Station Project Office, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL