Indian Treaty Series

The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) affirm a desire to continue cooperation in space research of mutual interest for peaceful scientific purposes.

NASA and DAE accordingly agree to cooperate in two initial scientific experiments to be conducted by means of sounding rockets to be launched from a site in India near the geomagnetic equator. The two organisations also agree to continue discussions of additional experiments of mutual interest with a view to their future implementation. In addition, the two organisations agree to continue and expand a present program for the acquisition of satellite data.

(A)

The first experiment will be an investigation of upper atmosphere parameters by means of sodium vapour release payloads. It is anticipated that launchings of these experiments will take place beginning early in 1963, and that they will be carried out on a synoptic basis with launchings in other parts of the world.

To implement this project, DAE will use its best efforts to make available the following :

1. Four sodium vapour release payloads.

2. High speed cameras for photographing sodium release, and associated timing device (Should these items not be available in India, NASA will attempt to make them available to DAE on loan).

3. An appropriate launching site near the geomagnetic equator in India.

4. Launching site support facilities, including launching pad, buildings for control, assembly and testing of rockets and payloads, electrical power and ground communications.

5. Technical personnel for sounding rockets launching operations and scientific personnel for data analysis.

6. Meteorological data as required for launching operations.

NASA will use its best efforts to provide the following

1. Four Nike-Cajun (or equivalent) scientific sounding rockets with nose cones.

2. An appropriate launching device on a loan basis.

3. Training at NASA Centres for Indian personnel responsible for conducting launching operations.

4. Necessary NASA advisory personnel to assist in launching operations.


(B)

The second experiment will be an investigation of the equatorial electrojet by means of sounding rockets carrying magnetometer instrumentation. It is anticipated that the first launching of this experiment will take place in 1963.

To implement this project, DAE will use its best efforts to make available the following :

A sounding rocket launching site near the geomagnetic equator in India.

Launching site support facilities, including launching pad, buildings for control, assembly and testing of rockets and payloads, electrical power, and ground communications.

3. Supplementary scientific experiment, for which room will be provided in the basic magnetometer payload housing.

4. Magnetic ground observations from Indian stations.

5. Meteorological data as required for launching operations.

6. Personnel for sounding rocket launching operations, elementary operations, and data analysis.
3. An appropriate launching site near the geomagnetic equatorial India.

4. Launching site support facilities, including launching pad, buildings for control, assembly and testing of rockets and payloads, electrical power and ground communications.

5. Technical personnel for sounding rockets launching operations and scientific personnel for data analysis.

6. Meteorological data as required for launching operations.

NASA will use its best efforts to provide the following

1. Four Nike-Cajun (or equivalent) scientific sounding rockets with nose cones.

2. An appropriate launching device on a loan basis.

3. Training at NASA Centres for Indian personnel responsible for conducting launching operations.

4. Necessary NASA advisory personnel to assist in launching operations.

NASA will use its best efforts to make available the following :

1. Nine Nike-Apache (or equivalent) sounding rockets with nose cones.

2. Ground equipment and instrumentation on a loan basis, including an appropriate launching device, an instrumented telemetry trailer and a Single Station Doppler or similar ground instrumentation for rocket tracking.

5.Nine instrumented payloads for investigating the equatorial electrojet.

4. Training at NASA Centres for Indian personnel responsible for telemetry and any necessary additional training for Indian personnel responsible for launching operations.

NASA advisory personnel for appropriate phases of the experiment.

(C)

NASA has made available on loan to the Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad data acquisition equipment for satellities transmitting on 108 mc, and the Laboratory has made available personnel to operate the equipment and participate in data reduction and analysis. In order to extend this cooperation, NASA will make available on loan at Ahmedabad supplementary equipment to permit acquisition of data from satellites transmitting on a frequency of 136 mc. DAE will sponsor the continued staffing and operation of the facility as well as participation in data reduction and analysis.

No exchange of funds is contemplated in the above program. NASA and DAE intend that the facilities to be established at the sounding rocket launching site near the geomagnetic equator will be made available for use by other countries for appropriate experiments in peaceful space research.

All experiments and experimental results will be open to the world scientific community.

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HUGH. L. DRYDEN
Deputy Administrator NASA.

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