The global number of rocket launches is increasing and has reached record highs. Creating safe and controlled departure conditions is an essential responsibility of spaceports all over the world.
In the initial phase of its journey, the rocket is subject to interactions with atmospheric winds. Mean wind, wind shear and gusts all have different but adverse effects on the rocket’s path and its ability of a controlled rise. Especially near the ground where the air density is high and rocket speed is low, it must be ensured that wind conditions are within the safe limits.
Scintec wind profilers are used to monitor the wind conditions from ground level up to the lower stratosphere and provide the confidence needed for the success of the rocket mission. For best coverage, several types of wind profilers are operated simultaneously with typically sodar wind profilers covering the lowest 150 m, boundary layer wind profilers covering the lowest 1,500 m and a tropospheric wind profiler reaching up to larger altitudes.
Scintec provides wind profilers from series production for boundary layer and mid tropospheric winds. When it comes to measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, customized units are supplied.
Rocket launches are costly and most of the time have critical missions. Under these circumstances it is adequate to rely on the experience of Scintec as the international leader in wind profiling.
The larger antenna aperture of this model provides the highest performance and clutter resilience that the most critical applications demand.
This is the standard model for reliable and continuous wind measurements with proven performance.
This model operates on a lower radio frequency and achieves the highest measurement range.
