NASA NTRS · 19850052176
The AMPTE CCE Spacecraft
Abstract
The flight segment of the Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers (AMPTE) Program consisted of three separate spacecraft which were launched 'piggyback' into orbit aboard a Delta 3924 launch vehicle, from Cape Canaveral, FL, on August 16, 1984. The three spacecaft are the Charge Composition Explorer (CCE), built for NASA by the Applied Physics Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University (APL/JHU); the Ion Release Module (IRM), built in the Federal Republic of Germany; and the United Kingdom Subsatellite (UKS), built in the United Kingdom. This paper describes the CCE Spacecraft design, development, and early performance in orbit.
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Dassoulas, J., Peterson, M. R., Margolies, D. L.. 1985-05-01. The AMPTE CCE Spacecraft. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19850052176
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