Mesospheric plasma irregularities caused by the missile destruction on 9 December 2009

• Main Authors: Kozlovsky, A. (Alexander), Shalimov, S. (Sergey), Lester, M. (Mark)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2017
• Subjects: aerosol; dust; mesosphere; meteor radar; plasma instability; rocket launch; Sodankylä
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019092429538

Abstract On 9 December 2009 at about 07 UT a solid propellant 36.8 t ballistic rocket was self‐destroyed at an altitude of 170–260 km, at a distance of about 500 km to the east of Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory (SGO, 67°22′N, 26°38′E, Finland). After 2–3 h the SGO meteor radar (operating at a fre...