International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 20-23, 2003 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / During certain hypersonic flight regimes, shock heating of air creates a plasma sheath resulting in telemetry attenuation or blackout. The severity of the signal attenuation is dependent on vehicle configuration, flight trajectory, and transmission frequency. This phenomenon is investigated with a focus placed on the nonequilibrium plasma sheath properties (electron concentration, plasma frequency, collision frequency, and temperature) for a range of flight conditions and vehicle design considerations. Trajectory and transmission frequency requirements for air-breathing hypersonic vehicle design are then addressed, with comparisons made to both shuttle orbiter and RAM-C II reentry flights.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/606733 |
Date | 10 1900 |
Creators | Starkey, Ryan P., Lewis, Mark J., Jones, Charles H. |
Contributors | University of Maryland, Edwards Air Force Base |
Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
Source Sets | University of Arizona |
Language | en_US |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text, Proceedings |
Rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering |
Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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