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Accession Number:
ADA000018
Title:
An Ionospheric Total Electron Content Disturbance Associated with the Launch of NASA's Skylab.
Descriptive Note:
Environmental research papers,
Corporate Author:
AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABS L G HANSCOM FIELD MASS
Report Date:
1974-07-29
Pagination or Media Count:
40.0
Abstract:
By monitoring the amount of Faraday rotation a plane polarized satellite signal experiences in traversing the ionosphere, it is possible to measure the total number of electrons in a column of unit cross section through the Earths ionosphere. Report discusses Ground-based total electron count observations and the Skylab launch electron loss mechanisms in the F-region diffusion of the Saturn V S-II plume in the ionosphere ionosonde observations and estimates of photochemical and aeronomic processes capable of depleting the expanding plume.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE