Sep 24 1979
From The Space Library
KSC reported receipt of two experiments that would form part of OSTA 1, first Shuttle payload to fly into space: an imaging radar antenna and an ocean color experiment. The 30-foot by 7-foot imaging radar antenna would test the potential of such a system for geological use in mineral location and fault mapping; the ocean color experiment would test a technique for mapping concentration of color-producing phytoplankton in the open ocean. All seven OSTA 1 experiments would have Earth-resources applications. The five others would be an infrared radiometer; a device to measure air pollution (levels of natural and synthetically carbon dioxide) in the orbiter's flight path; a system of identifying and locating surface features or clouds; a day/night survey of thunderstorm and lightning; and a study of the amount of moisture needed for plant growth in zero gravity. (KSC Release 16179)
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