NASA needed a way to make high-resolution measurements of the wind profile before launching Saturn vehicles. The standard smooth-surface weather balloons zigzagged or spiraled as they ascended due to air vortices that shed off the surface at various positions, which made accurate radar-tracking measurement impossible. A Marshall Space Flight Center engineer modified the surface of the balloons with conical dixie cups, which stabilized them. Now produced by Orbital Sciences Corporation, the Jimsphere is the standard device at all U.S. missile/launch vehicle ranges.


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    Titel :

    Wind Monitor


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1996


    Format / Umfang :

    1 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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