RADIO PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Abstract
Much of the Laboratory's general research work in the fields of radio physics and astonomy is done with the facilities and by the staff on the Laboratory's Millstone Hill Field Station. This first issue of the Radio Physics and Astronomy report is intended not only to report our most recent research findings and experiment preparations in these fields, but also to provide sufficient background in our past work to give the reader an overall acquaintanceship with the extent and history of such work at Lincoln Laboratory. Radar measurements on the moon and nearer planets with the Millstone radar are described, as are preparations for similar, more accurate measurements at Haystack Hill. Applications of techniques that were developed for radar astronomy to the improved detection and tracking of artificial satellites are also described. Studies of the electron and ion behavior in the ionosphere continue and the results are being co-ordinated with work elsewhere. Haystack Hill, the newest facility, is still in its early operating phase, with much of the effort of the station complement going into its increasingly complex instrumentation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 03, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0629923
Entities
People
- James W. Meyer
- Paul B. Sebring
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology