Airborne measurements of launch vehicle effluent of STS-2 launch on November 12, 1981 at Cape Canaveral, Florida
- Author:
- Woods, D. C.
- Published:
- Feb 1, 1984.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Sebacher, D. I., Maddrea, G. L., Jr., and Gregory, G. L.
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- The second Space Shuttle (STS-2) was launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center at 1010 EST on November 12, 1981. An instrumented light airplane was used to measure the emitted concentration of Shuttle exhaust products produced during launch. The airplane accomplished 31 passes through and under the exhaust cloud in the 1 hr 45 min immediately following the launch. Measurements included the following: (1) particulate data in the form of a light scattering coefficient obtained from an integrating nephelometer, (2) particulate concentrations and mass concentrations obtained from a spectrometer probe, (3) gaseous HCl and total HCl concentrations obtained from a gas-filter-correlation instrument and a chemiluminescent instrument, respectively, and (4) outside-air temperature and dew-point temperature. These data are presented along with time, altitude, and position for each cloud pass. These data are within the range of values observed during similar measurements made during the first Space Shuttle launch on April 12, 1981.
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- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19840010696.
Accession ID: 84N18764.
NASA-TP-2260.
L-15715.
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