Skyhook Churchill 1970.

The program was funded for a period of forty-five days in the field at Fort Churchill, Manitoba. Raven provided a field crew, suspension and rigging hardware, aircraft and helicopter tracking as well as gondola recovery, parachutes, balloon telemetry and control instrumentation, down-range tracking...

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Main Authors: Cravaack,Charles H., Pappas,Thomas
Other Authors: RAVEN INDUSTRIES INC SIOUX FALLS S DAK FLIGHT OPERATIONS DEPT
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
Atmospheric Physics
Meteorology
(*METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS
PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING))
(*COSMIC RAYS
MEASUREMENT)
(*STRATOSPHERE
METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA)
LAUNCHING
RADAR TRACKING
RECOVERY
BALLOON EQUIPMENT
TELEMETER SYSTEMS
GONDOLAS
CORDAGE
HELICOPTERS
FAILURE
FLIGHT PATHS
HIGH ALTITUDE
SYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES
RESEARCH SATELLITES
CLIMATE
OGO 6 SATELLITE
SKYHOOK BALLOONS
SKYHOOK PROGRAM
FORT CHURCHILL(CANADA)
Canada
Fort Churchill
Churchill
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0718371
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0718371
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Summary:The program was funded for a period of forty-five days in the field at Fort Churchill, Manitoba. Raven provided a field crew, suspension and rigging hardware, aircraft and helicopter tracking as well as gondola recovery, parachutes, balloon telemetry and control instrumentation, down-range tracking station, and reports and documentation as necessary. Of the nineteen balloons used, sixteen were successful flights. The report describes individual flights, equipment used, flight data, and various program summary information. (Author)

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