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The Radio Astronomy Explorer Satellite, a Low-Frequency Observatory
- Source :
- Radio Science. 6:1085-1097
- Publication Year :
- 1971
- Publisher :
- American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1971.
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Abstract
- The RAE-1 is the first spacecraft designed exclusively for radio astronomical studies. It is a small, but relatively complex, observatory including two 229-meter antennas, several radiometer systems covering a frequency range of 0.2 to 9.2 MHz, and a variety of supporting experiments such as antenna impedance probes and TV cameras to monitor antenna shape. Since its launch in July, 1968, RAE-1 has sent back some 10 billion data bits per year on measurements of long-wavelength radio phenomena in the magnetosphere, the solar corona, and the Galaxy. In this paper we describe the design, calibration, and performance of the RAE-1 experiments in detail.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Radiometer
Spacecraft
business.industry
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Astronomy
Magnetosphere
Condensed Matter Physics
Radio telescope
Observatory
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Satellite
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Antenna (radio)
business
Remote sensing
Radio astronomy
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00486604
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Radio Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8aa84901158dc0d320b51eca21d1b610