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media:NASA NEWS - ISY - 24 Mar 94.pdf NASA NEWS - ISY - 24 Mar 94 Category:Donald A. Beattie Papers Category:Donald A. Beattie Space Station Papers

... ) perigee, 128.3-min period, and 88.4° inclination. Primary NASA objectives were to place Isis I into elliptical earth orbit that would permit study of topside of ionosphere above electron ... high solar activity. Third in series of five satellites to improve understanding of ionospheric physics, Isis I weighed 520 lbs and carried six Canadian and four American experiments. First launch in ... , Nov. 28, 1965) orbited Canada's Alouette II and U.S. Explorer XXXI . ISIS program was joint undertaking of NASA and Canadian Defence Research Board (DRB) under December 1963 ...

... ) perigee, 113.5-min period, and 88.2° inclination. Primary NASA objectives were to place Isis 2 into circular earth orbit that would permit study of topside of ionosphere above electron ... was operating satisfactorily and was expected to be fully operational by April 17. Canadian-built Isis 2 was eight-sided spheroid that weighed 264 kg (582 lbs), was 127 cm (50 ... ) had orbited Canada's Alouette 2 and U.S. Explorer 31 . Isis 1 had been launched Jan. 30, 1969. Isis program was joint undertaking of NASA and Canadian Defence Research Board (DRB ...

... . ''(S /F , 6/67, 198)'' Full size dynamic model of Canadian Defence Research Board's ISIS-A third ionosphere satellite for Canada-had successfully completed series of vibration tests at Goddard ... GSFC . Joint Canadian/U.S. program of International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies would include ISIS-B and ISIS-C during the 1960s as solar activity would pass through its intensity, causing a ...

... Alouette 1 Sept. 28, 1962. All four spacecraft were operational and were providing useful data. Isis program had acquired wealth of knowledge on worldwide morphology of topside ionosphere, virtually unknown region before Alouette-Isis program, and in discoveries in plasma physics and radio-wave propagation. ''(NASA proj off)'' Bellcomm ...

... along the Rio Grande. One of the most fascinating Egyptian myths is the story of Isis and Osiris. Osiris, a god of the underworld and earthly god of vegetation, was so ... and evil) that Set cut Osiris into pieces and scattered him across all of Egypt. Isis, wife of Osiris, goddess of fertility and motherhood, was so disturbed by this that she ... , and resurrected after the annual inundation of the Nile when new crops were planted. So, Isis and Osiris explained a new wonder, agriculture, and were worshipped by the people of Egypt ...

... opportunity including diving equipment, emergency equipment, gearing, foam making, battery chargers (which evolved from the ISIS satellite program) and many other spin-off products. Image:100YearsCanadianSlide34.JPG right thumb Telesat Canada ... from Downsview to the Avro facility at Malton Ontario. Progress continued unabated with the ISIS program, and ISIS-1 was launched in January. Later that year the government put into effect their ...

... rocket payloads. During the sixties this activity increased tenfold with the inception of the Alouette / ISIS satellite missions in 1962, and a vigorous rocket program conducted at Fort Churchill and elsewhere. After the last Defence Research Board satellite, ISIS-II, was launched in 1971 the program changed direction; the National Research Council maintained the ...

... launch site at Vandenberg. This project became known as the ''International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies'' (ISIS) and was successfully conducted over the ensuing seven years. Image:100YearsCanadianSlide27.JPG right thumb Alouette II and ISIS The first ISIS satellite was named ''Alouette II'' and was launched November 29th 1965. RCA Victor was ...

... Research Board announced reaching agree­ment for joint multi-satellite ionosphere-monitoring research program, designated Isis (International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies). Agreement called for orbiting of a second Alouette and Isis A, B, and C satellites at intervals between 1965 and 1970. The satellites would continue ...

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