MADRE EVALUATION: THE DETECTION OF A POWERED MISSILE'S TRANSIT OF THE IONOSPHERE (AMR TEST 5462)

Abstract

The launch of an Atlas vehicle, AMR Test 5462, was monitored with the Madre system from the Chesapeake Bay Annex. Detection was accomplished via an over-the-horizon mode of propagation. Both real time and post flight analysis assess the 10,000 square meters target return to be a typical ICBM launch signature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 02, 1962
Accession Number
AD0392144

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bays
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Detection
  • Doppler Radar
  • Frequency
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Ionosphere
  • Law
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Signal Processing
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.