Electronic Instrumentation for Solar Radiation Measurements.

Abstract

The report describes the design, construction, test and flight of the electronic portions of research instruments used on rockets and satellites for the investigation of extreme solar ultraviolet radiation. These instruments are grazing incidence grating monochromators for measurements in the 30-1300 Angstrom range, and 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 pre-launch phases is described. Automatic data reduction equipment was developed and used successfully. Experiments were flown on Aerobee 150, Aerobee 170, and Black Brant rockets, and the OV5-6 satellite. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 12, 1972
Accession Number
AD0748276

Entities

People

  • Emilio A. Zeuli

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

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

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites