The report describes the design, construction, test and flight of the electronic portions of research instruments used on rockets and satellites for the investigation of extreme solar ultraviolet radiation. These instruments are grazing incidence grating monochromators for measurements in the 30-1300 Angstrom range, and retarding potential analyzers used for analysis of environmental charged particles. All the instruments are of a telemetering type. Associated equipment used for calibration and testing of the instruments in both the laboratory and the pre-launch phases is described. Automatic data reduction equipment was developed and used successfully. Experiments were flown on Aerobee 150, Aerobee 170, and Black Brant rockets, and the OV5-6 satellite. (Author)
Electronic Instrumentation for Solar Radiation Measurements
1972
139 pages
Report
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English
Astrophysics , Solar radiation , Radiation measurement systems , Ultraviolet radiation , Monochromators , Telemeter systems , Ultraviolet spectrophotometers , Scientific satellites , Sounding rockets , Electronic equipment , Photographs , Wiring diagrams , Flight testing , Solar ultraviolet radiation , Far ultraviolet radiation , Aerobee 150 rockets , Aerobee 170 rockets , Black Brant rockets , OV5-6 satellite , Retarding potential analyzers
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