Performance of a microwave antenna system in the shoulder region of a blunt reentry nose cone / J. Leon Poirier, John D. Antonucci, David H. Tropea.

The purpose of the third AFCRL Trailblazer II reentry vehicle flight was to study the effects of shock ionized air on the performance of a microwave antenna system located in the expansion region of the nose cone. The system consisted of a pair of cavity-backed circumferential slot antennas mounted...

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Main Author:	Poirier, J. Leon
Corporate Author:	Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Antonucci, John D., Tropea, David H.
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	L.G. Hanscom Field, Mass. : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1973.
Series:	AFCRL-TR (Series) ; 73-656. Physical sciences research papers (Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)) ; no. 570.
Subjects:	Microwave antennas. Plasma sheaths. Noses (Space vehicles) Space vehicles > Atmospheric entry.