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New results and techniques in space radio astronomy.The methods and results of early space radioastronomy experiments are reviewed, with emphasis on the RAE 1 spacecraft which was designed specifically and exclusively for radio astronomical studies. The RAE 1 carries two gravity-gradient-stabilized 229-m traveling-wave V-antennas, a 37-m dipole antenna, and a number of radiometer systems to provide measurements over the 0.2 to 9.2 MHz frequency range with a time resolution of 0.5 sec and an absolute accuracy of plus or minus 25%. Observations of solar bursts at frequencies down to 0.2 MHz provide new information on the density, plasma velocity, and dynamics of coronal streamers out to distances greater than 50 solar radii. New information on the distribution of the ionized component of the interstellar medium is being obtained from galactic continuum background maps at frequencies around 4 MHz. Cosmic noise background spectra measured down to 0.5 MHz produce new estimates on the interstellar flux of cosmic rays, on magnetic fields in the galactic halo, and on distant extragalactic radio sources.
Document ID
19720029401
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Alexander, J. K.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Subject Category
Electronic Equipment
Meeting Information
Meeting: New techniques in space astronomy; Symposium
Location: Munich
Start Date: August 10, 1970
End Date: August 14, 1970
Accession Number
72A13067
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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