Here are details about a :
Space commemorative cover
or Space Cover.
Cosmodrom : USA
Date of Cancellation: April 26, 1978
Kind of Event : Launch
Launch pad : USA Vandenberg (CA)
habité?/manned?: robot
Mission type : Ecology and Earth observation
ou?/where?: au sol - ground
autographe?: non - noneDescription : The Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) spacecraft was the first of a series of Applications Explorer Missions (AEM). The objective of the HCMM was to provide comprehensive, accurate, high-spatial-resolution thermal surveys of the surface of the earth.
There was no on-board data storage capability, so only real-time data were transmitted when the satellite came within reception range of seven ground stations. The repeat cycle of the spacecraft was 16 days.
The operations of the spacecraft were terminated on September 30, 1980.
Vandenberg post stamp and satellite HCMM AEM-A. Keyword(s) :
#Cartography,
#Earth,
#Planet,
#Satellite, This is OUTSIDE of a Space Revue. Last modified: 05/07/2015 @ 10h31
| Buy |
SEE ALSO  |
 |
  |
USA 1129 | 8,- |
| |
item shown right here with picture. |
| |
items linked to the item shown. |
|
 See My Cart |
|
|
Page : future · Ref: USA 1129 Space Event : HCMM · aka AEM A, EXPLORER 58 (SATELLITE) · SCOUT D1
|
Pref.
Contact-us