TARGET ACCURACY EXPERIMENT,
Abstract
The Earth's atmosphere distorts the radio view of space vehicles as seen from the earth's surface. The limitations placed on ones ability to position and locate objects in space as a consequence of this distortion is the subject of the reported investigations. A detailed experimental program was pursued to measure particularly the elevation angle errors incurred in making space target measurements from the earth's surface when viewing near the horizon. Signals originating in artificial earth satellites were viewed through the distorting atmospheric medium and analyses performed to define the observed distortions as a function of space, frequency, and time. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0432414
Entities
People
- J. H. Gibbs
- L. A. Morgan
- L. R. Hughes