Delta 3924 no. 167 - Delta 3924 no. 167 - COSPAR 1983-030 10,357 bytes. 110 x 461 pixels.

Launches: 14. Failures: 0. Success Rate: 100.00% pct. First Launch Date: 16 July 1982. Last Launch Date: 24 March 1989. LEO Payload: 3,451 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. Payload: 1,283 kg. to a: Geosynchronous transfer trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 310,630 kgf. Total Mass: 192,360 kg. Core Diameter: 2.4 m. Total Length: 36.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 38.32 million. in 1985 unit dollars.

• Stage Number: 0. 9 x Castor 4 Gross Mass: 10,534 kg. Empty Mass: 1,269 kg. Thrust (vac): 41,524 kgf. Isp: 261 sec. Burn time: 54 sec. Isp(sl): 228 sec. Diameter: 1.0 m. Span: 1.0 m. Length: 9.1 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. TX-526

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Delta Thor RS27 Gross Mass: 84,368 kg. Empty Mass: 4,360 kg. Thrust (vac): 105,053 kgf. Isp: 296 sec. Burn time: 223 sec. Isp(sl): 262 sec. Diameter: 2.4 m. Span: 2.4 m. Length: 22.4 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 1. RS-27

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x Delta K Gross Mass: 6,954 kg. Empty Mass: 950 kg. Thrust (vac): 4,450 kgf. Isp: 319 sec. Burn time: 431 sec. Diameter: 1.7 m. Span: 2.4 m. Length: 5.9 m. Propellants: N2O4/Aerozine-50 No Engines: 1. AJ10-118K

• Stage Number: 3. 1 x PAM-D Gross Mass: 2,141 kg. Empty Mass: 232 kg. Thrust (vac): 6,848 kgf. Isp: 292 sec. Burn time: 88 sec. Isp(sl): 0 sec. Diameter: 1.2 m. Span: 1.2 m. Length: 2.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. Star 48

• Landsat 4 Spacecraft: Landsat 4-5. Payload: Landsat D. Mass: 1,942 kg.

  Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Anik D1 (Telesat 5) Spacecraft: HS 376. Payload: Anik D1.

  Telecommunications. Operating entity Telesat Canada. Longitude 104.5W. Anik D-1 Transmit frequencies (MHz): 3720, 3740, 3760, 3780, 3800, 3820, 3840, 3860, 3880, 3900, 3920, 3940, 3960, 3980, 4000, 4020, 4040, 4060, 4080, 4100, 4120, 4140, 4160, 4180. Power 8.9 watts on each frequency.

• Satcom 5 Spacecraft: AS 3000. Payload: Aurora 1. Mass: 590 kg.

• RCA Satcom 6 Spacecraft: AS 3000. Payload: Satcom 1R. Mass: 2,385 kg.

• Galaxy 1 Spacecraft: HS 376. Payload: HS 376. Mass: 1,218 kg.

  TV. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Telstar 3A Spacecraft: HS 376. Payload: Telstar 301 -> Arabsat 1E. Mass: 625 kg.

  Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• RCA Satcom 7 Spacecraft: AS 3000. Payload: Satcom 2R. Mass: 1,121 kg.

• Galaxy 2 Spacecraft: HS 376. Payload: HS 376. Mass: 1,218 kg.

  Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Oscar 11 Spacecraft: Microsat SSTL. Payload: UoSAT 2. Mass: 52 kg.

  University of Surrey experimental microsatellite. Built in only 6 months, UoSAT-2 carried the first modern digital store and forward (S&F) communications payload and a prototype CCD camera. Also performed magnetospheric studies. Launch time 1759 GMT. Still operational in 2000.

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• Landsat 5 Spacecraft: Landsat 4-5. Payload: Landsat D'. Mass: 1,938 kg.

  Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• AMPTE 3 Spacecraft: AMPTE. Payload: UK Subsatellite. Mass: 77 kg.

  Detected tracer ions released into magnetosphere by IRM. Magnetosphere research satellite. Launch time 1447 GMT. (Document quotes geocentric distances, which have been converted to orbital heights.)

• CCE-1 Spacecraft: AMPTE. Payload: Charge Composition Explorer 1. Mass: 242 kg.

  Charge Composition Explorer; detected tracer ions released into magnetosphere by IRM. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

• AMPTE 2 Spacecraft: AMPTE. Payload: Ion Release Module 1. Mass: 605 kg.

  Released barium, lithium ions into magnetosphere for detection by CCE, UKS. AMPTE-Ion Release Module, reg. no. D-R 002. Scientific research on the Earth's magnetosphere and plasma physics, in particular active experimentation by releasing ion clouds of lithium or barium (total of 7) in and outside the magnetosphere. Creation of a n artificial comet (1 barium cloud inside the magnetosheath). Diagnosis and experimentation in conjunction with the simultaneously launched satellites CCE (United States) and UKS (United Kingdom).

• Solar Cell Experiment Spacecraft: AMPTE. Payload: STP.

• Galaxy 3 Spacecraft: HS 376. Payload: HS 376. Mass: 1,218 kg.

  Geostationary at 3.5 deg W. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• USA 19 Spacecraft: SDI. Payload: Delta 180 / Payload Adapter System.

  SDIO sensor tests. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Delta 180 Sensor Module Spacecraft: SDI. Payload: DM 43 Sensor Module.

• Palapa B2P Spacecraft: HS 376. Mass: 1,200 kg.

  Stationed at 113 deg W.

• USA 36 Spacecraft: SDI. Payload: Delta Star.

  Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 42 - Isakowitz, Steven J,, International Reference to Space Launch Systems Second Edition, AIAA, Washington DC, 1991.
• 61 - Wilson, Andrew, editor,, Jane's/Interavia Space Directory, Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon, Surrey, 1992 et al.