Technical Digest


Tech Digest Vol.8 Num.3 Cover

The Polar BEAR Mission
Volume 8, Number 3 (July–September 1987)

Editorial

J. R. Apel

Guest Editor's Introduction

D. G. Grant

The Polar BEAR Spacecraft

M. R. Peterson, D. G. Grant

Preliminary Observations from the Auroral and Ionospheric Remote Sensing Imager

C. I. Meng, R. E. Huffman

Auroral Images from Space: Imagery, Spectroscopy, and Photometry

F. W. Schenkel, B. S. Ogorzalek

The Polar BEAR Magnetic Field Experiment

P. F. Bythrow, T. A. Potemra, L. J. Zanetti, F. F. Mobley, L. Scheer, W. E. Radford

Anomalous Attitude Motion of the Polar BEAR Satellite

J. W. Hunt, Jr., C. E. Williams

The Flight of Polar BEAR: A Successful Satellite Program Grows from Parts and Details

W. McCloskey

R&D UPDATE

An Update on the Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers (AMPTE) Program

R. W. McEntire

SPECIAL TOPIC

The APL Associate Staff Training Program

V. C. Messer, H. Malcom, P. J. Herchenroeder, A. D. Goldfinger, D. S. Garlick, J. T. Everett, A. R. Jablon

MISCELLANEA

Publications and Presentations