IONOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND PROPAGATION STUDIES

Abstract

Progress is reported on: (1) Moving the 28-foot Kennedy Antenna and its associated equipment to the University of Illinois Radio Astronomy Site; (2) obtaining data at the above installation to determine the ionospheric electron content and its fluctuations from lunar radio echoes for analysis; (3) analyzing data measuring scintillations of radio signals from satellites in an attempt to explain such scintillations and to derive from this data information regarding the composition of the ionosphere; and (4) obtaining and analyzing data from lunar radio reflections to determine the brightness distribution of the radio signals. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1961
Accession Number
AD0263893

Entities

People

  • H.d. Webb

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Astronomy
  • Brightness
  • Electrons
  • Illinois
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Ionosphere
  • Radio Astronomy
  • Radio Signals
  • Reflection
  • Scintillation
  • Space Sciences
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space