Detector, Plasma Wave, OGO-5
name: label: Manufacturer
content: TRW Space & Technology Group
notes: label: Summary
content: This is a flight spare for the sensor system carried on the Orbiting Geophysical Observatory V (OGO-V) satellite designed to measure the energy characteristics in the radiation belts surrounding the Earth. The long boom carries a set of special antennas which sent their signal to a small pre-amplifier attached to the base of the boom. From there the signal went into the main body amplifier (Catalogue #19860561000). This apparatus was manufactured by the Space and Technology Group of TRW; the firm donated it to the Museum in February 1985.
label: Summary
content: OGO-V was the fifth in a series of standardized spacecraft capable of performing many related geophysical experiments during the middle 1960s. The sensor formed part of an experiment that measured the electrostatic and electromagnetic plasma properties of the region of space from the upper ionosphere to the solar wind. The flight model of the plasma wave detector was placed in orbit from Cape Kennedy on March 4, 1968. Data from this instrument provided the first evidence for the shock wave observed in the solar wind as it encounters the Earth's magnetic field, the so-called bow shock.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
label: Location
content: National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
label: Exhibition
content: Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of TRW Space and Technology Group
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19850560000
objectType: label: Type
content: INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Non-Magnetic White Metal
label: Materials
content: Copper Alloys
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content: Ferrous Alloy
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content: Phenolic Resin
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content: Epoxy
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content: Paint
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content: Mylar
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content: Metallic Tape
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 53.3 × 43.2 × 134.6cm (1 ft. 9 in. × 1 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 5 in.)