ROCKET INSTRUMENTATION FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE MEASUREMENTS - 12 NOVEMBER 1966

Abstract

The report details instrumentation designed to measure the parameters in the D-region of the ionosphere during a total solar eclipse. Four Nike-Hydac rockets were fired from Cassino, Brazil, in connection with the eclipse of 12 November 1966; a test flight round was flown on 5 November, and the remaining three rockets were fired during various phases of the eclipse on 12 November. The rocket payloads were identical and were designed to measure the following parameters: Positive ion composition, Positive ion density, Positive ion energy distribution, X-ray flux, Lyman-alpha radiation, Electron density, Electron temperature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0656342

Entities

People

  • David A. Burt
  • Karl G. Seljaas

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Analyzers
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Charged Particles
  • Detectors
  • Diagrams
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Instrumentation
  • Ion Traps
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Solar Eclipses
  • Transmission Lines
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics