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Assessment of Atmospheric Winds Aloft During NASA Space Shuttle Program Day of Launch Operations

Author(s) -

Ryan Decker,

Richard Leach

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

43rd aiaa aerospace sciences meeting and exhibit

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.2514/6.2005-266

Subject(s) - space shuttle , environmental science , meteorology , aeronautics , aerospace engineering , space program , remote sensing , astrobiology , space exploration , atmospheric sciences , engineering , physics , geology

The Natural Environments Branch at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration s Marshall Space Flight Center monitors the winds aloft at Kennedy Space Center in support of the Space Shuttle Program day of launch operations. High resolution wind profiles are derived from radar tracked Jimsphere balloons, which are launched at predetermined times preceding the launch, for evaluation. The spatial (shear) and temporal (persistence) wind characteristics are assessed against a design wind database to ensure wind change does not violate wind change criteria. Evaluations of wind profies are reported to personnel at Johnson Space Center.

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