THE RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN A RADAR AND A SATELLITE OBJECT

Abstract

The relative motion between an earth-based radar and a satellite object is of interest for radar- tracking studies, signature simulation studies, and for developing inverse scattering techniques. Here, the motion analysis is accomplished with elementary vector algebra. This approach results in considerable simplification of the final equations and relationships.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0633054

Entities

People

  • S. H. Bickel

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Angular Momentum
  • Aspect Angle
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Corporations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Geometry
  • Inverse Scattering
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • Radar Tracking
  • Relative Motion
  • System Software
  • United States

Readers

  • Linear Algebra
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Space Objects