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make, ani intense 'study of the 1970 e.clipse of-the Sun on-March 7,.
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from the White Sands Missile Range, N.M.., outside the path of
The two OS. spacecraft will .use their ability to, point
Sun and its atmospheire. ATS'.wili photograph t,he Earth and its
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Aerobee 150 sustainer and Nike booster which was test launched
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Fcril the Lfank.ey Research Center, the eclipse coordinator is
I'avid Adniraonn, Space -Physics Brancrh, Aerophysics Division.
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expoeriment
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Waters vap'or Center
Nike-Apache
Nike-Cajun
Nike-Iroquois
Nike-Tomahawk
Two-stage soli.d-propellant vehicles using the Nike
booster as the first stage.
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1970 ECLIPSE SOUNDING ROCKETS
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Aerobee 150
First Stage: Aerobee BoosterIX 103C
Length: 6.5 feet
Diameter: 12.75 inches
Thrust: 18,000 pounds
Burning Time: 2.6 seconds
Weight: 600 pounds
Manufacturer: Aerojet General Corp.
El Monte, California
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Second Stage: Leng th: 16 feet
Diameter: 15 inches
Thrust: 4,100 pounds
Burning Time: 52 seconds
Weight (with liquid fuel): 1,550 pounds
Payload weight:
Nominal - 200 pounds
Eclipse payload - 295 pounds
Maximum - 350 -pounds
Total length: Approx. 30 feet
Peak Altitude (nominal payload): 120 miles
Manufacturer: Aerojet General Corp.
El Monte, California
Aerobee 170
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SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
Meteorology
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THE CORONAL
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The 1970 launches will repeat th-e experiment using a
fully equippezd launch site incorporating the latest measure-
ment techniques and corrections for errors due to radiation,
conduction and aerodynamic heating on the.basis of theoreti-
cal studies.
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Dayglow Obser-vations.
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Ionospheric Physics-
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'hese measurements will be compared with others such will
those of solex ionizing radiation. Of special interest
be a determ~iation of the relative roles of electron attach-
ment and recombination in the absence of sunlight.
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At Goddard, the data from one OSO. 6 experiment,,, the Harvard
College Observatory -ultraviolet spectrometer arnd 'spectro-
heliometer can be displayed.in real time on a color cathode ray
tube to be photographed. It i-s anticipated that-the eclipse
will be observed in these data.
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