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Experimenter's data package for the descending layers rocketIn response to a proposal from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), NASA Headquarters has approved a sounding rocket mission designed to study the physics of intermediate layers in the Earth's ionosphere at middle latitudes. The experiment will be carried out by a team of scientists and engineers from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, SAIC, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Millstone Hill radar observatory. The mission will involve the launch of an instrumented sounding rocket from the Wallops Island rocket range in the summer of 1994, with the objective of penetrating a descending ionized layer in the E-region between altitudes of 115 and 140 km. Instrumentation aboard the rocket will measure the ion and neutral composition of the layer, its plasma density, driving wind and electric field forces, the thermal ion distribution function, and electron temperature. Depending on payload weight constraints and subject to availability, a particle detector to measure energetic ion and/or electron fluxes near the layer may also be included. This document was prepared as a reference for the NASA payload development and experiment teams, for distribution at the Project Initiation Conference (PIC). The design specifications discussed herein are therefore of a preliminary nature; the intent is to promote open discussions between experimenters and NASA engineers that will lead to a final design capable of achieving the experiment objectives.
Document ID
19930007272
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Earle, Greg (Science Applications International Corp. McLean, VA, United States)
Herrero, Fred (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD., United States)
Foster, John (Millstone Hill Radar Observatory Westford, MA., United States)
Buonsanto, Mike (Millstone Hill Radar Observatory Westford, MA., United States)
Satya-Narayana, P. (Science Applications International Corp. McLean, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
September 9, 1992
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:108591
NASA-TM-108591
Meeting Information
Meeting: Project Initiation Conference
Location: Wallops Island, VA
Country: United States
Start Date: September 9, 1992
Accession Number
93N16461
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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