ACQUISITION COORDINATE COMPUTATION FOR TRACKING AND SURVEILLANCE SENSORS PROGRAM DOCUMENT

Abstract

The Observing Schedule Program (OBSERV) is programmed for the Philco 2000 computer and is to be part of the B-3 Semi-Automatic Program System (SPS) at the SPADATS Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It functions in conjunction with the Executive Program and receives its input from the Schedule, SEAI and FAN input tapes. OBSERV has been developed to compute sets of acquisition coordinates for stations with fixed beam surveillance devices and sensors that can track satellites. The capability to handle phased array trackers of the AN/FPS-85 type has also been included. For surveillance devices, the program computes the time and coordinates of beam penetration by all satellites requested on the input tape. For tracking devices, the program calculates acquisition coordinates at evenly spaced intervals of time, as specified by the input, during the periods that a satellite is within the tracker coverage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0612091

Entities

People

  • D. R. Thompson
  • R. G. Schinnerer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Arrays
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Automatic
  • Colorado
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Elevation
  • Government Procurement
  • Hard Copy
  • Identification
  • Phased Arrays
  • Satellite Orbits
  • Surveillance
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Space Objects