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Teal Ruby
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AKA: AFP-888;P80-1. Gross mass: 1,940 kg (4,270 lb).

• Teal Ruby experiment. - . Spacecraft: Teal Ruby.

  Rockwell International was awarded an $18.9 million contract to build a spacecraft to carry the Teal Ruby experiment. The Teal Ruby payload, which was also being built by Rockwell, consisted of a downward-looking infrared sensor with a mosaic focal plane; it was designed to measure aircraft signatures and background flux at infrared wavelengths.

• Teal Ruby further delay due to subcontractor bankruptcy. - . Spacecraft: Teal Ruby. Spacetac, Inc., one of Rockwell's major subcontractors for the Teal Ruby program, went bankrupt. The bankruptcy contributed to a further delay in the projected launch date..