SOCRATES Simulation of the Emission at Wavelength 6300 A Generated by the Interaction Between the Atmosphere and the Space Shuttle Exhaust

Abstract

The SOCRATES contamination-interaction code has been used to simulate the reactions between the space shuttle exhaust and the atmosphere at an altitude of 320 km. The investigation carries out the simulations for regions extending to 15 km from spacecraft. These simulations calculate the radiation from O(D1) - O(P3) photons as function of time for orientations of engine firing into the ram, perpendicular, and into the wake of the shuttle motion. The IRMA plotting program has been used to depict in color the time development of the shuttle plume.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1993
Accession Number
ADA275567

Entities

People

  • A. Setayesh
  • M. F. Tautz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Collisions
  • Contamination
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Flow
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Radiant Intensity
  • Simulations
  • Space Shuttles
  • Spacecraft
  • Spatial Distribution

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Science - Quantum Key Distribution
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster