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THE satellite 1967–118A, WRESAT, was launched from Woomera, Australia, at 0435 h on November 29, 1967, into a nearly polar orbit. Included among the experiments were two sets of ion chambers sensitive to the vacuum ultraviolet. They were designed to determine the density of molecular oxygen in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere by measuring the absorption of solar radiation by the atmosphere as the vehicle went through satellite sunrise and sunset.
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LOCKEY, G., HORTON, B. & ROFE, B. Satellite Measurement of Upper Atmospheric Molecular Oxygen Densities. Nature 223, 387–388 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223387a0
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