The Guar¿ Campaign consisted of a series of sounding rockets that were launched from August--October, 1994 at a new launch facility at Alca⁁ntara, Brazil, which is within one degree of the Earth's magnetic equator. The campaign consisted of focused scientific experiments designed to investigate the electrodynamics and irregularities in the equatorial ionosphere and mesosphere and to study their relationship with neutral upper atmosphere motions. In all, 13 large sounding rockets and 20 small meteorological rockets were launched as part of four different experiment groups designed to investigate: (1) the daytime equatorial electrojet, (2) very high altitude Spread-F processes, (3) sunset electrodynamics, and (4) middle atmosphere-thermosphere coupling at the equator. All of the experiments utilized ground-based scientific instruments including a VHF backscatter radar interferometer, magnetometers, ionosondes, and scintillation receivers. The project was a joint undertaking of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias (INPE) of Brazil. The project was named the Guar¿ Campaign after a beautiful species of bird that is native to the equatorial region of Brazil.¿ 1997 American Geophysical Union