NASA Makes an Attempt to Creates Glowing Colorful Clouds
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is on the rocket mission which is going to be launched after so many delays. They are planning to launch a rocket which will make artificial clouds in the atmosphere which will glow in the night. The motto behind the launch of these rockets is to study the disturbances in the upper atmosphere that interfere with communication, technology systems. The rockets are going to take the flights on 29th August and 9th September 2017 and it can be visible to the people of Republic of the Marshall Islands.
The mission is formed to study the disturbance occurring near the equator after sunset in the ionosphere. NASA launches a mission known as Waves and Instabilities from a Neutral Dynamo (WINDY) which examine the behavior of the charged particles in the F- region. The disturbances which occur near equator also known as equatorial spread F.
As these disturbances are interfering with navigation, imaging system, and communication. It is a hazard to the technology depends on it. So to observe the behavior two rockets of the WINDY mission which are going to launch on 29th August between the local time of 8 and 11 pm. The rockets are sent to the atmosphere from the Roi-Namur Island.
Why NASA Chose Marshall Islands?
According to research, the Kwajalein Atoll is near magnetic equator and the disturbances are more intense here because of the post sunset ionosphere storms. So this is the reason to choose this location as this is the ideal site to perform such experiments. The sky will glow in a night as the rocket is going to carry the trimethyl aluminum in the panel.
After the launch the clouds can be seen from the naked eyes for about 30 minutes and after those special cameras are used to see the movement of these clouds. The gases of TMA and Lithium are harmless for the people on the ground. It will help to determine direction and wind speed from the area where ionosphere storms are intense.
NASA is going to launch the Malemute, second rocket five minutes after the launch of the first rocket which will detect the densities in ionospheric, magnetic field and electric fields. The ionosphere is the layer which is ionized by the cosmic and solar radiations.