Ultraviolet Emissions Occurring About Hypersonic Vehicles in Rarefied Flows

Abstract

This report includes: (1) an investigation of the kinetic mechanisms for the visible shuttle glow; (2) an overview of flight and laboratory investigations of VUV to IR surface glows observed at hypersonic velocities in low earth orbit conditions; (3) a summary of the flight-measured absolute intensities observed for rarefied ram flow at VUV, UV and visible wavelengths as a function of altitude; and (4) a brief look at seeker sensor survivability/ viability issues associated with a High Velocity Missile (HVM) intended for boost phase interception.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA281452

Entities

People

  • George E. Caledonia
  • Robert H. Krech

Organizations

  • Physical Sciences (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Boost Phase
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Databases
  • Desorption
  • Earth Orbits
  • Emission
  • Flight
  • Hypersonic Vehicles
  • Hypersonic Velocity
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • New England
  • Orbits
  • Physical Sciences
  • Space Shuttles
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster