SOUNDING ROCKETS

• 1st launched in 1950’s- 1960’s
• Aerobee 150 was the standard American upper atom-research vehicle.
• WSPG on sept. 25, 1947- Jan. 17, 1985; 1,000+ vehicles launched.
• Aerobee 150was a U.S. AF rocket capable of carrying a 50lb. payload.
• Cambridge a USFA obtained Hawaii’s geodetic location.
• Iris launched from 1960-1962
• Starflight 1 reached a suborbital altitude of 10,000 ft.
• The Rohini reached an altitude of 70km.

OZONE

• Exhaust + Ozone=a compound that reacts with the ozone (stratosphere)
• As you get closer to the ozone you need more pressure.
• When a rocket hits the stratosphere the weight of the rocket gets smaller.
• It is easier to conclude that all of the rocket launches on the ozone layer must be inconsequential.
• The ozone layer maintains a delicate balance of production, transport, and destruction of ozone molecules.