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Towards understanding solar flaresInstrumentation and spacecraft payloads developed at Lockheed for solar flare studies are reviewed, noting the significance of the observations for adding to a data base for eventual prediction of the occurrence of flares and subsequent radiation hazards to people in space. Developmental work on the two solar telescopes on board the Skylab pallet was performed at a Lockheed facility, as was the fabrication of very-large-area proportional counter for flights on the Aerobee rocket in 1967. The rocket work led to the fabrication of the Mapping X Ray Heliometer on the Orbiting Solar Observatory and the X Ray Polychromator for the Solar Maximum Mission. The Polychromator consists of a bent crystal spectrometer for high time resolution flare studies over a wide field of view, and a flat crystal spectrometer for simultaneous polychromatic imaging at 7 different X ray wavelengths.
Document ID
19820046240
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Acton, L. W.
(Lockheed Research Laboratories Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: Lockheed Horizons
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
82A29775
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-23758
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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