OPTICAL GENERATOR PROGRAM

Abstract

The program described was devised primarily to provide acquisition data to a ground-based instrumentation net consisting mainly of various types of cameras. The cameras are employed to photograph a flashing strobe light that is mounted on each pole of the ANNA geodetic satellite that is magnetically stabilized along its spin axis. Provisions were made to compute a satellite ephemeris by a differential correction procedure as the satellite is stepped around the orbit in some desired increment of time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0404059

Entities

People

  • Harry R. Kahler
  • R M. Moroney
  • William T. Nixon

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cameras
  • Computations
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Elevation
  • Ephemerides
  • Geodetic Satellites
  • Geodetic Surveys
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Observation
  • Observers
  • Physics Laboratories
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Geodesy
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Satellites