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Spectroscopy of Project Fire I, April 14, 1964

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Peter M. Millman
Peter M. Millman*
Affiliation:
National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, Ontario

Abstract

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The Fire I test, April 14, 1964, was designed to study the heating of an Apollo-type reentry vehicle. The total reentry complex weighed approximately 230 kg and entered the upper atmosphere at a velocity of 11.5 km/s. The spectrum of the reentry complex has been studied in the wavelength range 8700 to 8800 Å, where 102 multiplets of 21 atoms and the band systems of 5 diatomic molecules have been identified. Comparisons with meteor spectra are made.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 13: Evolutionary and Physical Properties of Meteoroids , June 1971 , pp. 161 - 167
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1971

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