ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR SOLAR RADIATION MEASUREMENT.

Abstract

The report describes the design, construction, test and flight use of the electronic portions of research instruments used on rockets and satellites for the investigation of extreme solar ultraviolet radiation. These instruments include grating monochromators for measurements in the 30 - 1300 Angstrom range and proportional counter spectrometers in the 1 - 10 Angstrom range. Also described is work done on retarding potential analyzers used for analysis of environmental charged particles. All the instruments are of a telemetering type. Associated equipment used for calibration and testing of the instruments in both the laboratory and the launch phases is described. Automatic data reduction equipment was developed and used successfully. Experiments were flown on OSO and OGO satellites, and Aerobee-150 rockets. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0700780

Entities

People

  • Robert S. Hills

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Calibration
  • Charged Particles
  • Communication Equipment
  • Data Reduction
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Monochromators
  • Processing Equipment
  • Proportional Counters
  • Radiation
  • Solar Radiation
  • Solar Ultraviolet Radiation
  • Ultraviolet Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites