WIDE BANDWIDTH BASELINE RADAR STUDY.

Abstract

The study is intended to develop the equipment requirements for a minimal system to be used to establish the scatterer configuration of satellites for space object identification. This report establishes some of the trade-off effects as the system configuration and its associated parameters are changed. Specific trade-off areas covered in this report include: (1) System angular tracking requirements, (2) System range tracking requirements, (3) Optimum data smoothing procedures, (4) Optimum baseline length selection, (5) A survey of orbiting targets, (6) Baseline and site selection, (7) Calibration procedures, (8) Error analysis and performance estimates. The tradeoffs assume the use of the Signal Processing Test Facility in Floyd, New York for the master site. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0813167

Entities

People

  • L. W. Martinson
  • R. P. Perry
  • T. B. Howard

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bandwidth
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Calibration
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Identification
  • New York
  • Processing Equipment
  • Research Facilities
  • Signal Processing
  • Site Selection
  • Sites
  • Space Objects
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects