ROCKET INSTRUMENTATION FOR AURORAL MEASUREMENTS - BLACK BRANT AC 17.604,

Abstract

The report details the instrumentation developed by the University of Utah for a Black Brant rocket designed to make multiple D-region measurements during an auroral absorption event. This rocket was launched from the Churchill Research Range in 1966, by Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories. The instruments on the rocket were designed to measure the following: Electron density; Electron temperature; Plasma conductivity; Ion density; Energy deposition electron > 5 kev, proton > 60 kev; Lyman-alpha radiation; Auroral light, 3914 A; Auroral light wideband (4000-12,000 A); Vehicle potential; Bremsstrahlung X rays (1-8 A). (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0653992

Entities

People

  • D. A. Burt

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bremsstrahlung
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Instrumentation
  • Ion Density
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Radiation
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics