Title
Payload assembly
Creator
Bristol Aerospace Ltd.
Identifier
1989.0075.001
Function
PART OF ROCKET CONTAINING INSTRUMENTS & EXPERIEMENTS, IN THIS CASE, USED TO TAKE METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS. ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, & DENSITY DATA WERE TRANSMITTED TO GROUND RECEIVE STATION. DESCENT OF PAYLOAD BY PARACHUTE WAS ALSO TRACKED BY RADAR TO DETERMINE WIND VELOCITY & DIRECTION. PAYLOAD WAS LATER USED IN SCIENTIFIC SOUNDING ROCKET INVOLVED IN PROBING UPPER ATMOSPHERE (REF 1).
Model
BLACK BRANT 6
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