high-altitude sounding program
1sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere. [1940 45] * * * also called Probe Rocket, any unmanned rocket that is designed to probe atmospheric conditions and structure at heights… …
2Soviet space program conspiracy accusations — The Lost Cosmonauts, or Phantom Cosmonauts, are cosmonauts who allegedly entered outer space, but whose existence has never been acknowledged by either the Soviet or Russian space authorities. Proponents of the Lost Cosmonauts theory concede that …
3Extremely high frequency — Frequency range 30 to 300 GHz ITU Radio Band Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 …
4Global horizontal sounding technique — The Global horizontal sounding technique (GHOST) program was an atmospheric field research project for gathering weather data with balloons. Unlike radiosonde balloons which collect vertical atmospheric sounding data over the release point during …
5Gerald Bull — Gerald Vincent Bull (March 9, 1928 March 22, 1990) was a Canadian engineer who developed long range artillery. He moved from project to project in his quest to economically launch a satellite using a huge artillery piece. To this end he designed… …
6Milton Rosen — 1955 Project Orbiter meeting], Rosen standing at the right rear, a few months before the NRL Vanguard was selected to launch first US satellite. Milton W. Rosen (born July 25, 1915) is a former United States Navy engineer and project manager in… …
7Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales — National Space Activities Commission Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales Established 28 May 1991 Headquarters Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Administrator Conrado Varotto …
8Weather radar — in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft …
9Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …
10space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… …
