HAYSTACK POINTING SYSTEM: BELT

Abstract

The Haystack pointing system can direct an antenna at selected points of an orbit. The point selected may be the intersection of the orbit with a fixed right ascension half plane, a fixed longitude half plane, or a fixed declination cone; in addition a horizon-to-horizon scan along the orbit may be generated. The primary use for this facility is in connection with radar or communication experiments with a West Ford dipole belt. The Belt program in the pointing system, given a set of orbital parameters and the selected schedule, generates the celestial coordinates and their rates of change for use by other programs in the system in producing antenna angles, range, and doppler.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 09, 1965
Accession Number
AD0472590

Entities

People

  • Arthur A. Mathiasen
  • John D. Drinan

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Classification
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Grids
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Massachusetts
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Molecular Orbital Theory
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Radar
  • Revolutions
  • Sequences
  • Specifications
  • United States

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris