Several very clear photographs of earth's night airglow horizon over western Texas were obtained at altitudes up to 184 km from Aerobee rocket; vertical distribution of airglow has been determined, showing altitude of peak nightglow emission as 95 plus or minus 4 km with 90% of emission between 80 and 116 km; striking visual appearance of airglow layer and surface lights and altitude determination are compared with observations reported by various astronauts and with other rocket measurements.


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    Title :

    Photographic observations of nightglow from rockets


    Additional title:

    J Geophysical Research


    Contributors:
    Hennes, J. (author) / Denkelman, L. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1966


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Photographic observations of nightglow from rockets

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    L. Dunkelman / J. Hennes | NTIS | 1965


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