SOLRAD 9, the Glossary
Solrad 9, also known Explorer 37 and Explorer SE-B, was one of the SOLRAD (Solar Radiation) program that began in 1960 to provide continuous coverage of solar radiation with a set of standard photometers.[1]
Table of Contents
36 relations: Amplitude modulation, Apollo 10, Apollo 7, Apollo 9, Apollo program, Astronaut, Atmosphere, August 1972 solar storms, Colorado State University, Committee on Space Research, Explorer 36, Explorer 38, Explorers Program, Frequency modulation, Geocentric orbit, Low Earth orbit, Magnetosphere, Monsoon trough, NASA, Orbiting Solar Observatory, Perpendicular, Photometer, Scout (rocket family), SOLRAD, SOLRAD 10, SOLRAD 8, Sun, Telemetry, Ultraviolet, United States, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Virginia, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 3, Watt, X-ray.
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Amplitude modulation
Amplitude modulation (AM) is a modulation technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting messages with a radio wave.
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Apollo 10
Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was the fourth human spaceflight in the United States' Apollo program and the second to orbit the Moon.
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 (October 11–22, 1968) was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that had killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts during a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967. SOLRAD 9 and Apollo 7 are 1968 in spaceflight and spacecraft launched in 1968.
Apollo 9
Apollo 9 (March 313, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA's Apollo program.
Apollo program
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.
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Astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον, meaning 'star', and ναύτης, meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft.
Atmosphere
An atmosphere is a layer of gasses that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object.
August 1972 solar storms
The solar storms of August 1972 were a historically powerful series of solar storms with intense to extreme solar flare, solar particle event, and geomagnetic storm components in early August 1972, during solar cycle 20.
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Colorado State University
Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Committee on Space Research
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) was established on October 3, 1958 by the International Council for Scientific Unions (ICSU) and its first chair was Hildegard Korf Kallmann-Bijl.
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Explorer 36
Explorer 36 (also called GEOS 2 or GEOS B, acronym for Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) was a NASA satellite launched as part of the Explorer program, being the second of the two satellites GEOS. SOLRAD 9 and Explorer 36 are Explorers Program and spacecraft launched in 1968.
Explorer 38
Explorer 38 (also called as Radio Astronomy Explorer A, RAE-A and RAE-1) was the first NASA satellite to study Radio astronomy. SOLRAD 9 and Explorer 38 are Explorers Program and spacecraft launched in 1968.
Explorers Program
The Explorers program is a NASA exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, geophysics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space.
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Frequency modulation
Frequency modulation (FM) is the encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave.
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Geocentric orbit
A geocentric orbit, Earth-centered orbit, or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.
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Low Earth orbit
A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25.
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Magnetosphere
In astronomy and planetary science, a magnetosphere is a region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are affected by that object's magnetic field.
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Monsoon trough
The monsoon trough is a portion of the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the Western Pacific,Bin Wang.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
Orbiting Solar Observatory
The Orbiting Solar Observatory (abbreviated OSO) Program was the name of a series of American space telescopes primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar experiments.
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Perpendicular
In geometry, two geometric objects are perpendicular if their intersection forms right angles (angles that are 90 degrees or π/2 radians wide) at the point of intersection called a foot.
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Photometer
A photometer is an instrument that measures the strength of electromagnetic radiation in the range from ultraviolet to infrared and including the visible spectrum.
Scout (rocket family)
The Scout family of rockets were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth.
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SOLRAD
SOLRAD (short for "SOLar RADiation," sometimes presented as "SOLRAD") was an American series of satellites sponsored by the US Navy in a program to continuously monitor the Sun. SOLRAD 9 and SOLRAD are 1968 in spaceflight.
SOLRAD 10
Solrad 10, also known Explorer 44, NRL-PL 165 and Explorer SE-C, was one of the SOLRAD series designed to provide continuous coverage of wavelength and intensity changes in solar radiation in the UV, soft and hard X-ray regions. SOLRAD 9 and SOLRAD 10 are Explorers Program.
SOLRAD 8
The SOLRAD 8,Explorer 30 or SE-A satellite was one of the NASA SOLRAD (Solar Radiation) program that began in 1960 to provide continuous coverage of solar radiation with a set of standard photometers. SOLRAD 9 and SOLRAD 8 are Explorers Program.
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
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Telemetry
Telemetry is the in situ collection of measurements or other data at remote points and their automatic transmission to receiving equipment (telecommunication) for monitoring.
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Naval Research Laboratory
The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and approximately north-northeast of Norfolk.
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Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 3
Launch Area 3 (LA-3) at the Wallops Flight Facility is a launch complex which was used, mostly by Scout rockets, between 1960 and 1985.
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
X-ray
X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.
See also
1968 in spaceflight
- ATS-4
- Apollo 7
- Apollo 8
- Apollo 8 Genesis reading
- Donn F. Eisele
- Earthrise
- Environmental Research Satellite
- Frank Borman
- Georgy Beregovoy
- Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program
- Jim Lovell
- John P. Healey
- Nimbus B
- Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
- SOLRAD
- SOLRAD 9
- Saturn IB
- Saturn V
- Soyuz (rocket family)
- Wally Schirra
- Walter Cunningham
- William Anders
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOLRAD_9
Also known as Explorer 37.