Wideband (P76-5)
Wideband [JHU/APL]
Wideband, also known as STP P76-5, was a military mission designed to evaluate propagation effects of disturbed plasmas on radar and communications systems.
The spacecraft was built on the Transit-O 15 navigational satellite. Wideband was gravity gradient stabilized by deployable boom with tip mass and was powered by 4 small deployable solar arrays. It featured Defense Nuclear Agency's Wideband beacon, DNA-002, as its sole payload. DNA-002 was a propagation experiment for a multifrequency beacon, VHF to S-band. The experiment was 80 percent successful and contributed to an ionospheric radio/radar disturbance VHF/S-band data base.
It was succeeded by HILAT.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Experimental |
| Operator: | USAF STP (Space Test Program) |
| Contractors: | JHU/APL |
| Equipment: | DNA-002 beacon |
| Configuration: | Transit-Bus |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | 4 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 73 kg |
| Orbit: | 981 km × 1044 km, 99.6° |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wideband (P76-5) (ex Transit-O 15) | 22.05.1976 | Va SLC-5 | Scout-B1 | mod. Transit-O 15 |
References:
- The Johns Hopkins University, Space Department: Artificial Earth Satellites Designed And Fabricated By The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Further STP missions:
