On Oct 12 1955 sodium vapor was released into upper atmosphere from sounding rocket to study "yellow flash" and to obtain data by means of photographic techniques which recorded image of cloud; regions of application for data include spread of debris or contaminations, satellite drag, missile loading and guidance; methods used to produce contaminant clouds to study them by optical means; summary of results obtained.
Optical tracers for atmosphere soundings
Aerospace Eng
Aerospace Engineering ; 20 , n 9
1961
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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