An ion mass spectrometer (IMS) was refurbished, calibrated and supplied to the University of Colorado payload (Dr. Charles Barth, P.I.) which was launched from White Sands in September of 1993 as NASA 33.062. The nose cone failed to deploy and their were problems with the ACS so the mission was declared a failure. However, the door covering the IMS deployed and the instrument obtained data. The launch occurred shortly after a payload carrying solar x-ray detectors was launched. Thus a small portion of the Colorado payload science was salvaged; namely, the NO(+)/O2(+) ratio to compare with the measured x-ray flux. Figure I shows the NO(+) to O2(+) ratio vs. altitude. The behavior is typical of the E-region.
Measurement of Atomic Oxygen in Diffuse Aurora and Ion Density in the E-Region
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D-Region Atomic Oxygen Measurement
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