A STUDY OF VARIOUS RADIATIONS DURING SPACE FLIGHTS OF SPUTNIKS, SPACE SHIPS AND ROCKETS (in Russian)
Data are presented on various radiation zones observed during the flights of the 3rd sputnik (launched May 15th, ship (Aug. 19 to 20, 1960, 339 km apogee and a 306 km perigee), the 3rd space ship (Dec. 1 to 2, 1960, 265 km apogee and a 187.3 km perigee), and the space rocket launched toward Venus on Feb. 12th, 1961. A radiation belt of electrons was detected at a height of 320 km above the earth's surface from the bremsstrahlung radiation determined on Geiger- Mueller and scintillation counters. Conjugate zones in the Northern hemisphere were linked with corresponding zones in the Southern hemisphere. The position of the electron belt has remained relatively constant for about two years. The electron spectrum does not vary significantly. A count rate of >3.6 counts cm/ sup -2/ sec/sup -1/ was obtained in a Geiger-Mueller counter in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil. This high count rate was due to a magnetic anomaly in this region. An accurate distribution of cosmic ray intensity as a function of latitute was obtained from a comparison of the counts of the scintillation counter and the count of the STS-5 gas-discharge counter. Thirty references are included. (TTT)
- Research Organization:
- Moscow Univ.; Lebedev Physics Inst., Academy of Sciences, USSR
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-033667
- OSTI ID:
- 4773190
- Journal Information:
- Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Fizicheskaya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation see Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Phys. Ser. (Engl. Transl.), Vol. Vol: 26; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- Russian
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