High-altitude observations of a luminous wake behind two Black Brant II rockets

Abstract
Measurements of a luminous region following two Black Brant II rockets are presented. This luminous region or wake appears as a circular cone of half angle 4° and length less than 1 km lying along the trajectory of the rocket, with vertex near the rocket. The wake was observed between 80 and 115 km at 4278 Å, but was not observed at 5577 Å.