AbstractTotally integrated design facilitates electrical cleanliness and light weight, which are necessary in subsonic parachute-borne payloads for electrodynamics investigations. “Blunt” probes measure ion conductivity, as do Gerdien condensers. Recent finite-element computer analyses combining find electrodynamics have resolved problems in determining ion densities and mobilities from Gerdien data. Three-axis electric fields are measured with deployable boom-mounted electrodes from DC through VLF. Splitting the cylinrical payload with an insulator and measuring the current between halves has provided a vertical Maxwell current detector mechanically rigid enough to measure, at ELF, energy related to coupling. A nose tip “Smith” probe turbulence measurement is usually performed on ascent. Other instrumentation, such as photo-ionization sources and X-ray detectors, can also be included. These electrodynamic measurement payloads are about one meter in length and have a mass of about 9 kg. They can be launched with an Orion-class or smaller vehicle.
Electrodynamics payloads for small rockets
Advances in Space Research ; 12 , 10 ; 321-324
1992-01-01
4 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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