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Scientific paper
Sep 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985scgl.work....1m&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Marshall Space Flight Center 2d Workshop on Spacecraft Glow p 1-34 (SEE N86-13239 03-88)
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Earth Orbits, Luminosity, Space Shuttles, Spacecraft Orbits, Airglow, Brightness, Light Emission, Luminescence, Photography, Radiance, Spacecraft Glow
Scientific paper
From the combined data set of glow observations on shuttle flight STS-3, STS-4, STS-5, STS-8, STS-9, 41-E, and 41-G some of the properties of the shuttle glow are discussed. Comparison of the STS-3 and STS-5 (240 and 305 km altitude, respectively) photographs shows that the intensity of the glow is about a factor of 3.5 brighter on the low-altitude (STS-3) flight. In an experiment to observe the dependence of the intensity on the ram angle, the angle of incidence between the spacecraft surface normal and the velocity vector, the Orbiter was purposely rotated about the x axis on the STS-5 mission. For a relatively large angle between the velocity vector and the surface normal there is an appreciable glow, provided the surface is not shadowed by some other spacecraft structure. As the angle becomes less the glow intensifies. Material samples were also exposed in the ram direction during nightside orbits and the glow surrounding the samples was photographed.
Mende Stephen B.
Swenson Gary R.
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