Arcas Rocket Instrumentation Development for Mesospheric Measurements

Abstract

The report describes the development and use of three payloads for studying prescribed mesospheric parameters using small, meteorological-type rockets as the probing vehicles. These payloads utilized new techniques to measure atomic oxygen, Lyman-alpha radiation, 1.27-micron radiation from O2(singlet Delta(g)), and nitric oxide within the mesospheric region. The program served as an extremely significant step in the development and evaluation of the new instruments and techniques. Each instrument's measurements philosophy, design and result is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0752241

Entities

People

  • Glenn D. Allred
  • Kay D. Baker

Organizations

  • Utah State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Chemistry
  • Detectors
  • Dissociation
  • Ionization
  • Ionization Chambers
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Oxygen Sensors
  • Photochemical Reactions
  • Photometers
  • Photomultiplier Tubes
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Scattering
  • Solar Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.