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Abstract

Contents: The Launching Vehicle; Configuration and design, propulsion, flight control, The Satellite; Configuration and design, scientific experiments and instrumentation, Theory and Analysis; Electronic Instrumentation; Telemetering, vehicle tracking, The Minitrack System; Data Processing; Telemetered data, orbital data, third-stage firing prediction, Range Operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1957
Accession Number
AD0342843

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Actuators
  • Air Force
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Engineering
  • Fiberglass
  • Frequency
  • Ignition Lag
  • Instrumentation
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Nose Cones
  • Rockets
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites