Technique employed in first successful attempt at rocket astronomy; Aerobee-Hi sounding rocket carried aloft "telescope" composed of bundle of hypodermic needles placed in front of four ultraviolet sensitized photon counters which transmitted signals via radio telemetering to ground station; to obtain scan of sky, use was made of spin and precession motions of rocket.


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    Title :

    Rocket astronomy -- Window into space


    Additional title:

    Astronautics


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Astronautics ; 4 , n 1 ; p 26-27 + 69-70


    Publication date :

    1959


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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