Swales
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American manufacturer of spacecraft. Swales Aerospace, USA.
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Chronology
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2000 November 21
Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC2W. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7320-10.- EO-1 - .
Mass: 529 kg (1,166 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA Greenbelt.
Manufacturer: Swales.
Class: Earth.
Type: Earth resources satellite. Spacecraft: EO-1.
USAF Sat Cat: 26619 . COSPAR: 2000-075A. Apogee: 703 km (436 mi). Perigee: 702 km (436 mi). Inclination: 98.20 deg. Period: 98.80 min.
First use of a Delta dual payload attach fitting. The Earth Orbiter 1 satellite was part of NASA's New Millenium Program. Complementing the New Millenium's Deep Space series, EO-1 was a NASA-Goddard satellite which demonstrated technology for the next generation Landsat. It flew in formation with Landsat-7 for comparison purposes, using a hydrazine thruster to adjust its orbit. The satellite used a MIDEX-derived bus built by Swales Aerospace; dry mass was 566 kg. The main instruments were ALI (Advanced Land Imager) and the Hyperion 220-band imaging spectrometer. At 1835 GMT the Delta second stage completed its first burn and entered a 185 x 713 km x 98.2 deg transfer orbit. At 1920 GMT the orbit was circularised and EO-1 separated at 1925 GMT into a 682 x 729 km x 98.2 deg orbit.
2007 February 17
23:01 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17B. Launch Pad: SLC17B. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7925-10C.- Themis P1 - .
Payload: Themis A. Mass: 125 kg (275 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Manufacturer: Swales.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: Themis.
USAF Sat Cat: 30580 . COSPAR: 2007-004A. Apogee: 87,254 km (54,217 mi). Perigee: 1,003 km (623 mi). Inclination: 14.10 deg. Period: 1,882.70 min.
The five simultaneously-launched Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) satellites were the fifth medium-class mission under NASA's Explorer Program. They formed part of a combined ground- and space- based system designed to determine what physical process in near-Earth space initiate the violent eruptions of the aurora that occur during substorms in the Earth's magnetosphere.
- Themis P2 - . Payload: Themis B. Mass: 125 kg (275 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: Swales. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: Themis. USAF Sat Cat: 30581 . COSPAR: 2007-004B. Apogee: 87,114 km (54,130 mi). Perigee: 1,004 km (623 mi). Inclination: 14.10 deg. Period: 1,878.80 min.
- Themis P3 - . Payload: Themis C. Mass: 125 kg (275 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: Swales. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: Themis. USAF Sat Cat: 30582 . COSPAR: 2007-004C. Apogee: 87,792 km (54,551 mi). Perigee: 736 km (457 mi). Inclination: 14.20 deg. Period: 1,890.30 min.