AMSS Prototype Rocketsonde and Ground Antenna Development.
Abstract
The report summarizes the most recent development efforts for the Advanced Meteorological Sounding System (AMSS). The system design provides for automatic ranging and accurate telemetry of four meteorological data channels to 200 Km altitudes by means of rocket-borne transponder type sondes and to 46 Km by balloon-borne sondes, with a maximum slant range of 300 Km (187 miles). Meteorological data is obtained from sensors attached to the radiosonde and positional information is determined from slant range measurement and the ground tracking antenna. Unambiguous slant range to 600 Km is obtained from ground transmission and reception times of a pseudo random noise (PRN) code. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 31, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0754895
Entities
People
- J. Kenneth Wood
- James A. Higgs
- Warren M. Griggs
Organizations
- Motorola Mobility