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The first flight_ scheduled for launch between midnight and
two a.m. on September 2_5 carries a Positive Ion Telescope (PIT)_
Integral Flux Spectrome-_er (IFS)_ and two m_gaetometers.
The Positive Ion Telescope_ developed by the University of
California, is designed to obtain data pertaining to protons trapped
at low altitudes.
The Integral Flux 3pectrometer (IFS)_ developed by scientists at
the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center_ is designed to gather detailed information
relating to the distribution of charged particles in the
anomaly.
The magnetometers -- flight one carries two and three will be
aboard the payload on flight two -- are designed to determine the
magnitude and direction of the magaetic fields at points along the
507 mile long trajectory.
Flight two_ in addition to carrying a PIT and the m_gnetometers_
will h_ve the CoronaDischarge Experiment (CDE). The CDE_ developed
by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center_ is intended to provide a
representative pressur_ within the experiment hardware during flight.
Measurements within the Anomaly will begin when the rocket and
payload reach 447_500 feet at 57 seconds into the flight. The experiments
will transmi± data to the ground stations at Barreria do
Inferno range. Data will be collected on magnetic tapes for evaluation
by NASA and university scientists.
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