Chatanika Radar Results During the Excede Experiment

Abstract

Results of the Chatanika DNA 617 Radar support coverage of the EXCEDE rocket experiment are presented, along with magnetometer and riometer data to give a more complete picture of ionospheric processes. The EXCEDE rocket was launched at 0546:40 UT on 28 February 1976. The purpose of the experiment was to stimulate and measure shortwave infrared emissions under quiet ionospheric conditions. The Chatanika radar supported the experiment in two ways--first, by monitoring the ionosphere and assuring that quiet ionospheric conditions existed at launch, and second, by providing continuous measurements of electron density near the rocket trajectory for comparison and correlation with rocket data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA039311

Entities

People

  • Theodore M. Watt

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Classification
  • Corporations
  • Current Density
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Measurement
  • Navy
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radar Antennas
  • Radar Beams
  • Rocket Trajectories
  • Systems Engineering
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics