POINTING THE LINCOLN LABORATORY BUILDING B ROOF ANTENNA IN REAL TIME USING THE CDC 160-A COMPUTER,

Abstract

A computer program has been constructed for the CDC 160-A computer which controls, in real time, the Laboratory's 30-foot telemetry antenna atop Building B in tracking artificial near-earth satellites. The program accepts input orbital parameters and generates new pointing angles (and range) every eight seconds. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 26, 1963
Accession Number
AD0410546

Entities

People

  • J.d. Drinan

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Digital Information
  • Research Facilities
  • Telemetry

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computer Science.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites