Project Highwater was an experiment carried out as part of two of the test flights of NASA's Saturn Ilaunch vehicle (using battleship upper stages), successfully launched into a sub-orbital trajectory from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Highwater experiment sought to determine the effect of a large volume of water suddenly released into the ionosphere.[1][2] The project answered questions about the effect of the diffusion of propellants in the event that a rocket was destroyed at high altitude.[3]
Launch of the first Highwater flight
The first flight, SA-2, took place on April 25, 1962. After the flight test of the rocket was complete and first stage shutdown occurred, explosive charges on the dummy upper stages destroyed the rocket and released 23,000 US gallons (87,000 L) of ballast water weighing 95 short tons (86,000 kg) into the upper atmosphere at an altitude of 65 miles (105 km),[4] eventually reaching an apex of 90 miles (145 km).[3]
The second flight, SA-3, launched on November 16, 1962, and involved the same payload. The ballast water was explosively released at the flight's peak altitude of 104 miles (167 km).[5][6] For both of these experiments, the resulting ice clouds expanded to several miles in diameter and lightning-like radio disturbances were recorded.[3][4]
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Further reading
Woodbridge, David D; Lasater, James A; et al. (October 25, 1963). An Analysis of the Second Project High Water Data. NASA. hdl:2060/19790078055. NAS10-841.
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