The AZURE mission is designed to make measurements of the atmospheric density and temperature with instruments on the rockets and deploying visible gas tracers, trimethyl aluminum (TMA) and a barium/strontium mixture, which ionizes when exposed to sunlight. The vapors were released over the Norwegian Sea at 71 through 150 miles altitude. These mixtures, using substances similar to those found in fireworks, created colorful clouds that allow researchers to track the flow of neutral and charged particles with the auroral wind. By tracking the movement of these colorful clouds via ground-based photography and triangulating their moment-by-moment position in three dimensions, AZURE will provide valuable data on the vertical and horizontal flow of particles in two key regions of the ionosphere over a range of different altitudes.
In the week after this experiment I noticed airplanes over my area spraying luminescent trails at night. Freaked me out a little, but I did suspect atmospherical experiments. Now seeing these rocket launches I am almost sure what I saw that night may have been part of this experiment.
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Subject: Re: Andøya Space Center / NASA Rocket launch - Azure Programme April 5th 2019 Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:04 pm
Found another video from this rocketlaunch:
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Subject: Re: Andøya Space Center / NASA Rocket launch - Azure Programme April 5th 2019
Andøya Space Center / NASA Rocket launch - Azure Programme April 5th 2019