Country of Origin: United States of America
Dimensions:
3-D Test: 243.8 x 40.6cm (96 x 16 in.)
Materials:
Mixed metals, electronics
This is an instrumentation rack with intact aspect magnetometers and some electronics that flew on an Aerobee sounding rocket. This rack includes a battery box, junction box, an optical aspect sensor, and apertures for UV photometers. This artifact is part of a collection of high-energy detectors from the Naval Research Laboratory (see Catalogue numbers 19880001000-19880017000).
Transferred from NRL to the Museum in 1987.
Transferred from the Naval Research Laboratory