Madre Evaluation 6: Minuteman Skin and Exhaust Boundary Echoes

Abstract

The Madre Radar was used to observe one Minuteman launch over the horizon and another above the horizon. Evidence of a skin tracking was displayed. Exhaust boundary echo size estimates and doppler characteristics were obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 27, 1962
Accession Number
AD0331390

Entities

People

  • F. H. Utley
  • J. L. Ahearn
  • James M. Headrick
  • M. E. Thorp
  • S. R. Curley
  • W. C. Headrick

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundaries
  • Colorado
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Frequency
  • Guided Missiles
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.