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- The AEROS 2 satellite had a cylindrical shape, a diameter of 0.914 m, and a height of 0.710 m. It was launched into an elliptical, polar, nearly sun-synchronous earth orbit. The spacecraft was spin-stabilized at 10 rpm and oriented with the spin axis toward the sun. The purpose of the mission was to study the state and behavior of the upper atmosphere and ionospheric F region, especially with regard to the influence of the solar ultraviolet radiation. Five experiments provided data which included the temperature and density of electrons, ions, and neutral particles, the composition of ions and neutral particles, and solar ultraviolet flux. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: AEROS-2 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: AEROS Short_Name: AEROS-2 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: AEROS-B Short_Name: 07371 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: SPECTROMETERS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 97.4 degrees Period: 95.7 minutes Perigee: 217.0 km Apogee: 879.0 km Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-08-22 Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1974-055A Sample_Image: http://library01.gsfc.nasa.gov/gdprojs/images/aeros-b.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1974-07-16 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Primary_Sponsor: NASA Primary_Sponsor: Germany End_Group End_Group
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