Aeros 2

 1974-055A

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The Aeros 2 satellite (Aeros B to NASA prior to launch) was DFVLR's second atmospheric study satellite. It was launched in Jul 1974 to carry on the work done by Aeros A, and operated until its reentry in Sep 1975. Mass was 127 kg.

AEROS-B is under the aegis of the BMFT. The satellite is built by GfW (Gesellschaft fur Weltraumforschung mbh).

Aeros 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 Jul 16	1151:01	Launch by Scout D-1 S-186C	V SLC5
	1152:23	Algol burnout T+1:22
	1152:29	Castor burn T+1:28
	1153:07	Castor burnout T+2:06
	1154:06	Fairing sep T+3:05
	1154:08	Antares burn T+3:07
	1154:42	Antares burnout T+3:41
	1154:49	Coast
	1157:09	Altair burn T+6:09
	1157:42	Altair burnout T+6:41
	1202:05	T+11:04 Altair sep
	1202:07	T+11:06 Yo-yo sep
			95.6 224 x 869 x 97.5
1974 Jul 23		Experiment covers open
1975 Feb 25			90.61 195 x 413 x 97.4
1975 Feb 25		Orbit raise	91.45 280 x 410 x 97.4
1975 Sep 25		Reentered

Payload:

• IP Impedance Probe for electron density (ApW-Freiburg/Neske)

• MS Mass spectrometer (MPIK/Krankowsky)

• RPA Retarding Potential Analyser (ApW-Freiburg/Spenner)

• EUV Solar and atmospheric EUV spectrometer 120-1070A (ApW-Freiburg/Schmidtke)