GAMMA RAY SCANNING OF DEBRIS CLOUD. ADDENDUM
Abstract
The data reduction phase of the project is presented. The work was concerned with the determination of the payload attitude of a number of high- altitude rocket flights. From this information the pointing direction of the various directional detectors aboard the rockets is available for analysis. The telemetry data, transmitted from the rockets, were prepared in a digital form on tape for input to a computer program. The computer program calculated the payload attitude in a Johnston Island coordinate system. The outputs of the detector functional values and detector orientation parameters, trajectory parameters, and associated telemetry data are available in printed form as a function of time in increments of 11 milliseconds. The theoretical basis is discussed for attitude determination of the payloads and the computer program is presented in its final form as used in the data reduction. A description of the data reduction results is included which discusses the final form of the computer outputs and character of the data. Binary coded digital data tapes were prepared during the computer processing of the data for use as input to a data analysis program currently in progress.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 06, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0481535
Entities
People
- W. W. Berning
Organizations
- Ballistic Research Laboratory