Rocket Instrumentation for Icecap 73A Auroral Measurements Program -- Black Brant 18.205-1

• Main Authors: Burt,David A., Davis,Clair S.
• Other Authors: UTAH STATE UNIV LOGAN SPACE SCIENCE LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; Rockets; *Sounding rockets; *Payload; Atmospheric sounding; Aurorae; Emission spectra; Electron flux; Electron density; Ion density; Black Brant; HAES program; Ice cap operation; Brant; Ice cap; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0781184; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0781184

On 27 March 1973 at 0937 GMT, Black Brant A18.205-1 was launched from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska as part of ICECAP 73 - a continuing auroral measurements program. The payload penetrated a bright, stable auroral arc permitting coordinated, simultaneous measurement of the several auroral...