PROCEEDINGS OF UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SYMPOSIUM ON OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ORBITING SATELLITES, DECEMBER 1967
Abstract
Contents: Ten years of optical satellite observations; Optical and infrared characteristics of satellite surface materials; Reflectometer experiment; The determination of the orientation of a tumbling cylinder from the shape of the light curve; Time varying reflection from rotating convex surfaces; Interpretation of photometric signatures from satellites; Investigations into a method for the optical estimation of the rotation axis of artificial satellites; Optical studies of spacecraft from the cloudcroft facility; The design and operation of some devices for photoelectric and photographic registration of artificial satellites; Results of photometric and polarimetric measurements for various satellites using NASA's mobile photometric observatory; An approximate method of estimating the reflection characteristics of a spherical satellite; Design of telescope optical systems for visual observations of orbiting satellites; Theory and observation of the rotational motion of the Pegasus satellites; Attitude determination of the Ariel III satelitte; Czechoslovak contribution to satellite photometry; and Wide band (visual spectrum) photoelectric photometry of PAGEOS during its first fifteen months in orbit.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0692742
Entities
People
- Douglas Duke
- Kenneth E. Kissell
Organizations
- University of Miami