VISIBLE-LIGHT EMISSION EXCITED BY INTERACTION OF SPACE-SHUTTLE EXHAUST WITH THE ATMOSPHERE

被引：11

作者：

MURAD, E

KNECHT, DJ

VIERECK, RA

PIKE, CP

KOFSKY, IL

TROWBRIDGE, CA

RALL, DLA

ASHLEY, G

TWIST, L

ELGIN, JB

SETAYESH, A

STAIR, AT

BLAHA, JE

机构：

[1] TEXTRON INC,AVCO RES LAB,PUUNENE,HI 96784

[2] NASA,LYNDON B JOHNSON SPACE CTR,HOUSTON,TX 77058

[3] SPECTRA SCI INC,BURLINGTON,MA 01803

[4] PHOTOMETRICS INC,WOBURN,MA 01801

[5] RADEX INC,BEDFORD,MA 01730

[6] STAIR ASSOCIATES,BEDFORD,MA 01730

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 1990年 / 17卷 / 12期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1029/GL017i012p02205

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Ground‐based video photography of firings of Space Shuttle Primary Reaction Control System (PRCS) engines show optical emissions extending nearly 4 km from the vehicle after steady state is reached. The total intensity and spatial distribution of these emissions depend on the angle between the spacecraft velocity vector and the engine exhaust axis. Candidate sources for this radiation are reviewed and the conclusion is reached that it is most likely due to vibrationally excited OH, formed by the reaction of fast ambient O atoms and H2O molecules in the exhaust. Copyright 1990 by the American Geophysical Union.

引用

页码：2205 / 2208

页数：4

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