SP-647 November 2007

18th ESA Symposium on

European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research

3–7 June 2007 Visby, Sweden

Sponsored by European Space Agency (ESA) Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)

Scientific Organising Committee Lennart Nordh (Chair), SNSB Mark Pearce, KTH Fysik Stig Kemi, SCC, Esrange Christian Cazaux, CNES Rainer Kuhl, DLR Markus Rapp, IAP Eivind Thrane, AAR Marianne Cogoli, ETH Technopark Wolfgang Herfs, ESA

Local Organising Committee Stig Kemi (SSC, Esrange), Barbro Minde (SSC, Esrange), Britt-Marie Lonn (SSC, Esrange), Tanja van der Putten (ESA) and Marie-Pierre Havinga (ESA).

Publication Proceedings of the 18th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research (ESA SP-647, November 2007)

Edited by L. Conroy ESA Communication Production Office / ESTEC

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ISBN 92-9291-211-7 ISSN 0379-6566

Copyright  2007 European Space Agency CONTENTS

National Reports

The Swedish Report 3 P. Magnusson

Sounding Rocket and Stratospheric Balloon Activities in the 5 German Space Programme R. Kuhl

Sounding Rocket and Balloon Activities and Related Research 13 in Switzerland M. Cogoli-Greuter

Sounding Rocket Activities of Japan in 2005 and 2006 19 N. Ishii

An Overview of the NASA Sounding Rockets and Balloon Programs 25 P. Eberspeaker & D. D. Gregory

Symposium Lectures

Scientific Interplay between the Odin Satellite and Coordinated Rocket and 35 Balloon Measurements D. P. Murtagh

The History of Sounding Rockets and their Contribution to 39 European Space Research G. Seibert Atmospheric Science With Sounding Rockets 47 - Present Status And Future Perspectives J. Gumbel

Cosmology and Dark Matter: Satellite and Balloon Observations 55 Working Together P. De Bernardis & S. Masi

The Benefit Of Weightlessness For Materials Research 65 L. Ratke

Long-Duration Balloon Experiments – An Approach to Solve Future Challenges 73 with Respect to Astronomy and Astrophysics W. V. Jones

Mission And System Overview The Swedish Space Science Programme Technical Aspects 83 K. Lundahl

Unmanned Space Vehicle Program: DTFT In Flight Experiments 89 G. Russo et al.

First Circumpolar Trajectory Ultralight To Heavy Long Duration Balloon 97 Development From Svalbard, Norway S. Peterzen et al.

A Risk Assessment Approach for a Stratospheric Balloon Mission 105 G. Gigante et al.

NASA’s Sounding Rocket Program NSROC, Recovery Systems 111 and Mesquito Vehicle Developlment D. Krause

Report on the First Two Flights of the VSB-30 Sounding Rocket in Europe 117 A. F. Palmerio et al.

Sounding Rockets - Near Extinction or Approaching Revival? 121 S. Grahn

Noctilucent Clouds Noctilucent Cloud Review 127 C. R. Philbrick

Characterization of Noctilucent Clouds Utilizing a Ten-Channel Photometer 133 K. McKeever et al. Polar Atmospheric Measurements confirmed through Esprit Rocket Payload 139 Launch P. S Edwards et al.

Tropo-/Stratosphere Recent Results obtained on the IASI-Balloon Experiment and Contribution 149 to the Calibration / Validation of IASI on MetOp Y. Te et al.

Direct Observation of Two Dimensional Trace Gas Distributions with an 157 Airborne Imaging DOAS Instrument K. -P. Heue et al.

The NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses Mission: 163 Balloon-borne Radiosonde Results from Cape Verde F. J. Schmidlin et al

A Case Study of Polar Stratospheric Clouds Observed by the IRF Lidar 169 P. Dalin et al.

Rocket Technology SHEFEX 2 - The Vehicle, Subsystems and Mission Concept for a 175 Hypersonic Re-entry Flight Experiment J. Turner et al.

RAMSES - A General Control System for both Sounding Rockets and Satellites 181 A. Carlsson et al.

The HTR Program – An Overview of the Rocket System and Program Achievements 187 J. -E. Rønningen

System Design of Reusable Sounding Rocket Vehicle 193 S. Nonaka et al.

Atmospheric Re-entry Analysis of Sounding Rocker Payloads 199 A. Stamminger

The S19l - A New Member of the S19 Family Of Guidance, Navigation 205 and Control Systems L. Ljunge

Aerodynamic Heating on VSB-30 211 H. A. Machado & J. B. Pessoa-Filho

Fast Deployment of Wire Booms without Residual Oscillations 217 N. Ivchenko & L. Bylander High Rate Data Down Link 223 G. Capuano et al.

Tropo-/ Stratosphere Duster - Collection And Analyses Of Solid Aerosols In The Stratosphere 231 P. Palumbo et al.

Space Education Physics Of Space Plasma - A Digital Education Book for Upper Secondary School 239 and College Students A. Egeland

Aerosol Plasma Interaction An Instrumented Loki-Dart Payload For Measuring Mesospheric Plasma 247 Density Variations J. Mitchell et al.

Is there an overshoot Effect from Polar Mesosphere Winter Echoes? 253 E. Belova et al.

Space Education

Hybrid Rockets in Educational Programs at NAROM 259 A. Nylund & J. -E. Rønningen

Educational Advantages Afforded by the Esprit Project 263 C. R. Philbrick et al.

Preliminary Langmuir Probe Analysis from ESPRIT 269 A. C. Escobar et al.

A Broader Vision: Space Projects and International Collaboration 275 T. F. Wheeler et al.

The Student Space Programs Laboratory: Fostering Student Space Systems 279 Education and Research within a University Environment B. Schratz et al. Balloons: A Vital Platform for Preparing the Next Generation of 285 Scientists and Engineers D. Pierce & M. A. Said

SP. ACE 2005-2007: Seizing and Creating Opportunities for Space Education 289 in High School E. De Schrijver

The Stockholm Educational Air Shower Array 295 M. Pearce

Meso- / Thermosphere Re-Evaluation of Saber Temperatures Triggered by Comparison with 303 MaCWAVE MET Rocket Measurements R. A. Goldberg et al.

Observations of Gravity Wave Activity in the Middle Stratosphere on 307 Both Sides of the Scandinavian Mountains U. Blum et al.

Ten Years of Lidar Measurements at Esrange: 313 An Overview of Scientific Results K. -H. Fricke

Lidar Activities in Kiruna 319 P. Voelger et al.

Balloon Technology & Facilities A Systematic Approach to Designing Multi-Experiment Platforms for 325 Long Duration Ballooning F. Rotini et al.

Complete Airborne Technical Equipment For Balloons 331 P. Lindtröm

Enhancement on Stratospheric Balloons Trajectories Prediction, Optimization 337 and Monitoring I. Musso et al.

Multipurpose Gps Beacon System used on Balloons 343 T. Hedqvist

A Stratospheric Balloon integrated Navigation Facility 347 M. Russo et al. Esrange Space Center 353 O. Widell & P. Baldemar

Space-Related Activities at the Woomera Test Facility 361 I. R. Tuohy

Extended Scientific Possibilities for Studies of the Polar Atmosphere 367 - Using the Sounding Rocket Facilities at Andøya and Svalbard P. Dragøy et al

Microgravity Physical Sciences Investigations on the Columnar-Equiaxed Transition in ALSI7 Alloys 375 onboard MAXUS-7 in Low-Gravity Environment L. Sturz et al.

Effects of Controlled Convections on Dendritic Microstructure 381 and Segregation during Microgravity-Solidification S. Steinbach & L. Ratke

Progressing in Experiment Control for Microgravity Research on 387 Sounding Rockets H. Steinau

XRMON metal Foam experiment module on MASER 10 393 P. Holm

Metallic Foam Experiments under Microgravity 397 F. Garcia-Moreno et al.

Chemically Driven Interfacial Convection 401 - Analysis Of The CDIC Experiment On MASER10 K. Eckert et al.

TRUE-2 Module onboard Maser 10: Technical Achievements 407 and Scientific Results F. S. Gaeta et al.

Ionosphere / Solar Physics NITTANYSAT - A Student Satellite Mission for D-Region Study 415 and Calibration of Riometers M. Friedrich et al.

Sounding Rocket Experiments to Study the Thermal Electron Heating 421 in the Sq Current Focus T. Abe et al. Night-Time Emissions from the Mesosphere and Ionosphere (NEMI) 425 Measurements of Auroral Nitric Oxide Production C. -F. Enell

Measurement of Thermal And Suprathermal Electron Energy Distribution 429 in the Lower Ionosphere by the Sounding Rocket “S-310-37” M. Shimoyama et al.

Surface Property Effects on Fixed-Bias Langmuir Probes as Observed 433 on Sounding Rockets C. T. Steigies et al.

Artificial Pulsating Aurora Project: Stimulation of Pulsating Auroral Precipitation 439 by Barium Release From a Rocket S. Chernouss et al.

Long Duration Ballon (Ldb) Missions and Terrestrial Magnetism Problems 445 S. Filippov et al.

Long-term Galactic Cosmic Ray Variations and their Forecasting for 451 determining Expected Radiation Dozes for Aircrafts and Balloons Experiments L. I. Dorman

Microgravity - General & Life Sciences 25 Years of Sounding Rockets for Microgravity Research 459 - A Personal Retrospective W. Herfs

Sounding Rocket Program Developments For The Future 467 A. Schütte

Investigation of Gravity-Related Swimming Behavior of Unicellular Flagellates 473 P. Richter et al.

Early Mechanisms Of Gravity-Sensing In Plants 477 N. Greuel et al.

Alterations in the Expression of Transcription Factors in 481 Arabidopsis Thaliana Cell Cultures during Sounding Rocket µg R. Hampp et al

Biomics Experiment: Dynamics Of A Vesicle Suspension Under Shear Flow 487 T. Podgorski et al

BIOMImetic and Cellular Systems (BIOMICS) Experiment Module on MASER 11 493 C. Lockowandt et al Astronomy & Astrophysics PEBS - Positron Electron Balloon Spectrometer 501 S. Schael et al

Pilot: Measure Polarisation in the Interstellar Medium 507 J. Ph. Bernard et al

Mapping Clusters of Galaxies with a Stratospheric Balloon Experiment 515 S. Masi et al

Studies of Auroral X-Ray Backgrounds for High Latitude Balloon 521 Astrophysical Experiments S. Larsson

Planetart Balloons 525 J. Blamont

Posters Space Education SP. ACE: Secondary School Students' Scientific Sallies 535 K. Potter et al.

Advanced Boom Systems for Sounding Rocket Research 539 E. Brouwers

Cansat – General Introduction And Educational Advantages 543 A. Nylund & J. Antonsen

Esprit Sun Sensor: Results and Future Use 547 G. M. Reichard et al

Space Technology and Research in School 551 O. G. Minde

Posters New Techniques & Instrumentation Presentation of the HSR100 Sounding Rocket Concept 553 J. -E. Rønningen

Presentation of the HSR180 Sounding Rocket Concept 557 J. -E. Rønningen

An Overview of the Capabilities of the NASA Balloon Program in Support 561 of Earth and Space Science Investigations D. Pierce et al.

Some Technical Solutions in Stratospheric Platform Design Devoted 566 to Protecting Power Sources from Damages on Landing A. Boscaleri et al.

The Meteorological Facilites at the Alcantara Space Launching Center 569 G. Fisch

A Modular Infrastructure for Groundbased Instruments 573 U. Brändström et al.

SMILE - A Miniaturized Fluxgate Magnetometer 577 N. Ivchenko et al.

Posters Atmosphere/Ionosphere/Solar Physics Solar Activity Influence and Long-Term Trends in Zonal Wind 581 of the Mid-Latitude Middle Atmosphere by Radiosounding and Rocket Data N. M. Pertsev

Experimental Estimations of Errors of Measurements Carrying-Out 585 by the Stratospheric Balloon Magnetic Gradiometer T. Yu et al.

A Lunar Signal in Summer Nighttime Tropospheric Cloudiness 589 and in Noctilucent Clouds N. M. Pertsev

Polar Mesocyclones and their Extension to the UTLS 593 - A Case Study Using ESRAD, Odin and MaCWAVE Radiosondes S. Kirkwood et al.

Data Quality Assessment for the Alomar Ozone Lidar: 597 1. Background, Attenuation, Photomultiplier Saturation, Tropospheric Clouds, Temperature Profiles N. Müller et al.

Data Quality Assessment for the Alomar Ozone Lidar: 601 2. Photon Counting Statistics, Photomultiplier Saturation, Detection of Transients, Ozone Profiles B. Kaifler et al.

The Role of Magnetic Field Data from the Earth´S Surface and from 605 Different Balloon and Satellite Altitudes for Deriving High Quality Analytical Models of the Internal Magnetic Field W. Webers & Y. Tsvetkov Magnetic Fields Measured by Stratospheric Balloon Flights and 609 their Role for the Problem of Constructing an Analytical Model of the Magnetic Field of the Earth´s Crust W. A. Webers

Posters Microgravity The New MASER Service Module MASM-2 611 G. Florin et al.

Digital Video System for Maser 11 615 G. Capuano et al.

List of Participants 621