CONVERSION FROM THE BASIC MEASUREMENTS OF A 'RANGE ONLY' TRACKING SYSTEM TO RECTANGULAR COORDINATES

Abstract

The method used here is that of obtaining the rectangular coordinates of three trackers with respect to a coordinate system whose x y plane is tangent to an ellipsoidal earth at the location of one of the trackers. Attention is called to the fact that the calculations for this are executed prior to any real time computations. After this is accomplished it is analytically simple to solve three distance equations in three unknowns to obtain the rectangular coordinates of the missile. Complete procedures are given in the text.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 19, 1959
Accession Number
AD0834063

Entities

People

  • A. Saastad

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coefficients
  • Computations
  • Conversion
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Grids
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Measurement

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.