Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
A 16 mm camera equipped with a photocell optical sensor and a two-channel tape recorder will be used by Shuttle astronauts to obtain information on thunderstorms and lightning from orbital altitude. The camera will provide photographs of the lightning at night and of the convective structure of the storms during the day. The photocell sensor, which is capable of detecting and recording lightning by day and by night, will give information on the frequency and characteristics of the lightning that is occurring.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTATION
Type:
Space instrumentation for atmospheric observation; Region V Annual Conference; Apr 03, 1979 - Apr 05, 1979; El Paso, TX
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