Summarized results of the artificial auroral experiment, Precede

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Jul 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jgr....83.3273o&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 83, July 1, 1978, p. 3273-3280. Research supported by the U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency.

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Auroras, Electron Accelerators, Energetic Particles, Rocket-Borne Instruments, Electric Potential, Electron Beams, Nike-Hydac Rocket Vehicle, Spectrographs, Telephotometry

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Results are presented for the Precede test launch including estimates of vehicle potential indicated by data from a rocket-based retarding potential analyzer. The launch demonstrated the successful operation of a 2-kW rocketborne electron accelerator operating in the 80-100-km altitude range. The steady-state positive potential of the payload was under 30 V at apogee and less at lower altitudes. It is found that the Langmuir probe theory accurately models the altitude-dependent steady-state vehicle potential. Ground-based optical systems (including an image-intensified spectrograph and a dual-channel telephotometer) showed the feasibility of making optical measurements in an artificial auroral experiment.

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