Experimentation Using the Mir Station as a Space Laboratory

Abstract

Collaboration is now underway to perform space-based experiments on the interactions of rocket plume exhausts and the ambient environment at an altitude of roughly 350 km. The key element in this experiment is the use of the Mir space station as a platform for optical instrumentation. A description is given of the modeling and instrumentation involved in the execution of this experiment, as well as a description of the experiment strategy and some experimental data already obtained. In particular, a hypothesized model of the OH(A-X) ultraviolet radiation is presented and evaluated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA345778

Entities

People

  • B. Khmelinin
  • G. F. Karabadzhak
  • N. Shvets
  • V. Teslenko
  • Yu. Plastini

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Altitude
  • Astronautics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Environment
  • Exhaust Plumes
  • Experimental Data
  • Far Field
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Near Field
  • Radiation
  • Rocket Exhaust
  • Spacecraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites