Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2012, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 199-206
Results of remote sounding of ionospheric disturbances
during active experiments Radar-Progress
V.V. Khakhinov
1, A.P. Potekhin
1, V.P. Lebedev
1, S.S. Alsatkin
1, K.G. Ratovsky
1, D.S. Kushnarev
1, E.M. Tverdokhlebova
2, M.Yu. Kurshakov
2, A.I. Manzheley
3, N.I. Timofeeva
31 Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of SB RAS, 664033, Irkutsk, Lermontova, 126-a
2 FSUE Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash), 141070, Moscow reg., Korolev, Pionerskaya, 4
3 S.P. Korolev SRC Energia, 141070, Moscow reg., Korolev, Lenina, 4a
S.P. Korolev SRC «Energia», and the FSUE «Central Research Institute of Machine Building», and the Institute
of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of SB RAS are carried out active space experiment. The goal of the experiment is to
study spatial-temporal characteristics of the plasma disturbances caused by the engine burns of orbital maneuvering
subsystem engines of automatic transport cargo spacecraft Progress. The main research tool is the Irkutsk incoherent
scattering radar. Results have shown that small weights of exhaust gases of onboard engines TGK generate ionospheric
indignations with the sizes of ten kilometers and times of existence to 20 minutes. Amplitude of variations of parameters
ionospheric indignations reached to 40 % from background values.
Keywords: ionosphere, incoherent scattering radar, digisonde, active space experiment
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