MR-20
| Country of origin | Soviet Union, Russia |
|---|---|
| Successor | MR-30 |
| meteorological rocket | |
MR-20 is a Russian (former Soviet Union) sounding rocket,[1] and is a type of meteorological rocket.[2] It was followed by the MR-30.
Launching experiments
[edit]In 1985, an MR-20 meteorological rocket was used from the North Atlantic in a Soviet-Polish experiment adapting an ion gun to inject lithium ions into the ionosphere.[3]
In September 1988, 3 MR-20 rocket experiments with artificial "electron hole" formations took place in the Northern Auroral Zone on the research vessel named "Professor Vize". The launching of MR-20 rockets were to examine the upper atmospheric and ionospheric characteristics in the Auroral.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Brian Harvey; Olga Zakutnyaya (4 May 2011). Russian Space Probes: Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 427–. ISBN 978-1-4419-8150-9.
- ^ Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics. American Institute of Physics. 1992.
- ^ Brian Harvey; Olga Zakutnyaya (4 May 2011). Russian Space Probes: Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 430–. ISBN 978-1-4419-8150-9.
- ^ COSPAR. Plenary Meeting; Roy Banks Torbert; COSPAR. Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission D. (31 July 1992). Active experiments in space: proceedings of the Topical Meeting of the COSPAR Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission D (Meeting D3) of the COSPAR Twenty-eighth Plenary Meeting held in The Hague, The Netherlands, 25 June-6 July 1990. Published for the Committee on Space Research by Pergamon Press. ISBN 9780080420431.
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