SUMMARY REPORT ON STRONGARM ROCKET MEASUREMENTS OF ELECTRON DENSITY TO AN ALTITUDE OF 1500 KILOMETERS
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4100971
An experiment for measuring the electron density to an altitude of 1500 kilometers by using a five-stage solid propellant rocket combination is summarized, together with a two-frequency propagation experiment. The theory applicable to the measurements, the rocket vehicle, the airborne instrumentation, the ground instrumentation, the vehicle performance, and the experimental results are described. An early morning electron density profile to an altitude of 1500 kilometers is presented, together with a daytime and a nighttime profile to 650 kilometers. A model of the ionospheric inhomogeneities that existed during the daytime rocket flight is given. Scale heights and exospheric temperatures derived from the profiles are also presented and discussed. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Ballistic Research Labs., Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-011026
- OSTI ID:
- 4100971
- Report Number(s):
- BRL-1187; AD-404189
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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