Accession Number:

AD0672180

Title:

IMPEDANCE OF LOFTI IIA VERY LOW-FREQUENCY ANTENNAS IN THE IONOSPHERE

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Young, C. E.

Report Date:

1968-06-18

Pagination or Media Count:

27.0

Abstract:

The spacecraft of the LOFTI IIA transionospheric very-low-frequency vlf receiving experiment was fitted with relatively simple automatic instrumentation for periodic indication of vlf antenna admittance in the 10 to 18 kHz range.

Descriptors:

• *IONOSPHERE
• *SATELLITE ANTENNAS
• ELECTRON DENSITY
• PENETRATION
• INSTRUMENTATION
• LOOP ANTENNAS
• ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
• RADIO WAVES
• DIPOLE ANTENNAS
• CAPACITANCE
• VERY LOW FREQUENCY
• ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• ALTITUDE

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE