Black Brant Rocket AMF-II-115 Launched at Churchill Research Range 19 March 1971. Operations Requirement Number 7015

Abstract

The report deals with the engineering aspects of preparing the payload and launching Black Brant rocket AMF-II-115 at 2124 CST, 19 March 1971, at Churchill Research Range into a distinct and sustained auroral event. This vehicle carried a recoverable payload which had previously been flown in Black Brant AMF-II-117 on 18 February 1969 (SRFB 027 dated July 1969 refers). Experiments included auroral spectrum photometry, thin film tests, vacuum ultraviolet photometer and ionization density measurements. Three packages were re-flown, while the thin film test replaced one other experiment. AMF-II-115 performed as scheduled, including soft landing of the payload with good experimental data being obtained, except for the spectrograph which was only partially successful.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0733260

Entities

Organizations

  • National Research Council Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Calibration
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Commutators
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Ionization
  • Magnetometers
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Photometry
  • Research Facilities
  • Stations
  • Telemetry
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Thin Films

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