Into the thermosphere: The atmosphere explorers
Abstract
The need to study the lower thermosphere with the new instrument, data handling, and spacecraft technology available in the 1960s led to the formulation and establishment of the Atmospheric Explorer program. This book provides an overview of this program with particular emphasis on the AE3, AE4, and AE5 satellites, which represent early examples of problem-dedicated missions. Both the satellites and their instrumentation on the one hand and the experimental and scientific considerations in studying the thermosphere on the other are discussed.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987itae.rept.....B
- Keywords:
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- Explorer Satellites;
- Explorer 51 Satellite;
- Explorer 54 Satellite;
- Explorer 55 Satellite;
- Measuring Instruments;
- Nasa Programs;
- Satellite Design;
- Satellite Instruments;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Thermosphere;
- Explorer 17 Satellite;
- Explorer 32 Satellite;
- Payloads;
- Geophysics