Transmission Experiments in Prairie Smoke

Abstract

During October 1971, as part of Prairie Smoke I, measurements were made of signals transmitted through the artificially heated F layer over Platteville from a geostationary satellite at 137 MHz; the morphology and motion of the artificial spread F (ASF) irregularities were deduced by spaced-receiver measurements of that signal. Similar information was gathered in December 1971 and February 1972 (Prairie Smoke Ib) using orbital satellites to give the altitude and orientation of the irregularities. Preliminary results only from Prairie Smoke Ib are included in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0522867

Entities

People

  • E. E. Mendenhall
  • S. A. Bowhill

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Contracts
  • Data Processing
  • Data Reduction
  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Information Science
  • Line Of Sight
  • Measurement
  • Orientation (Direction)

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris