ROCKET AND SATELLITE TECHNIQUES FOR MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRON DENSITY AND RELATED IONOSPHERIC PARAMETERS

Abstract

Normal concentrations of electron density in the earth's ionosphere and changes in these concentrations associated with various disturbances, both natural and man made, have been investigated by a series of eight rocket and satellite payloads. Instruments for measuring fine scale, long term deviations and short term, larger scale deviations in electron density and other related parameters have been included in each payload. This report details instrumentation and presents brief results of the experiments developed by Upper Air Research Laboratory, University of Utah, for each of the following PROGRAMS: Aerobee 150 (3.614) D-region, gyro-interaction; Four Nike-Hydacs solar eclipse (12 November 1966); OV2-3 Satellite electron density at sychronous orbit altitude; OV3-2 Satellite F-region electron density (polar orbit); Javelin (19.191) F-region irregularities - pulse-phase delay experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0666671

Entities

People

  • Clay D. Westlund
  • David A. Burt
  • Glenn D. Allred

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Delay Lines
  • Diagrams
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Density
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Engineers
  • Frequency
  • Ground Stations
  • Heat Shields
  • Impedance
  • Instrumentation
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Ionosphere
  • Measurement

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Mathematics or Statistics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites