NSSDCA ID: 1962-006A-06
Mission Name: OSO 1This experiment was designed to monitor the 3800- to 4800-A band of solar radiant flux with sensitivity sufficient to detect 0.1% variation. The detector was a high-current photodiode with a two-layer filter. An outer filter was an evaporated platinum film on a 2-mm-thick fused silica substrate. An inner filter was made of Scotts-Jens blue glass. The detector was mounted on the wheel section of the OSO platform so that it produced a reading once every revolution (approximately every 2 s). Although the data indicated a rapid decrease in the sensitivity of the photodiode, useful data were recorded from March 7 to May 15, 1962.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Kenneth L. Hallam | Principal Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |