EQUATORIAL OI 6300 A AND OI 5577 A EMISSION PROFILES OBSERVED BY ROCKET BORNE AIRGLOW PHOTOMETERS

Rocket observation of the thermospheric oxygen OI 6300 A and Ol 5577 A airglow emissions was carried out from the Barreira do Inferno rocket range at Natal (5.8 S,· 35.2 W) on October 31, 1986 at 23:59 LST (01:59 GMT on November 1). The payload including two airglow photometers and two ionospheric probes, a high frequency capacitance probe and a Langmuir probe, was launched by a Brazilian sounding rocket SONDA III with collaboraton of lAE/CTA.