SECEDE II Rocket Probe Payloads
Abstract
A summary of the engineering design and integration of the ARPA secede II Program rocket probe payloads which were flown in January 1971 in Eglin Air Force Base is presented. Six Terrier Tomahawk sounding rocket vehicles instrumented with a Langmuir probe, an electric field sensor, a plasma resonance instrument, a solar attitude sensor, a magnetic field sensor, and a telemetry system were flow during the program. In three of the flights, proper payload delivery was not achieved due to vehicle and despin malfunctions. One flight traversed the target successfully.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0740428
Entities
People
- Carl A. Accardo
- Herman Deweerd