Ground-test measurements were made during the launches of Apollo 13 and 14 in an effort to better define the electrical characteristics of a large launch vehicle. Of particular concern was the effective electrical length of the vehicle and plume since this parameter markedly affects the likelihood of a lightning stroke being triggered by a launch during disturbed weather conditions. Since no instrumentation could be carried aboard the launch vehicle, the experiments were confined to LF radio noise and electrostatic-field measurements on the ground in the vicinity of the launch pad. The philosophy of the experiment and the instrumentation and layout are described. (Author)
Atmospheric Electricity and the Apollo Series
1972
90 pages
Report
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English
Static Electricity in the APOLLO Spacecraft
NTIS | 1969
|Static electricity in the Apollo spacecraft
TIBKAT | 1969
|Static electricity in the Apollo spacecraft
NTRS | 1969
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