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Abstract

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

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 02, 1957
Accession Number
AD0342912

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Amplifiers
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bending Moments
  • C Band
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Digital Data
  • Frequency Shift
  • Measurement
  • Recording Systems
  • Rockets
  • Telemetering Transmitters
  • Telemetry
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Transmitters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

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