An Advanced Balloon Locating System,

Abstract

A third generation balloon locating instrument using VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) navigation has been designed, developed and flight tested by AFCRL's Aerospace Instrumentation Laboratory. The report that follows will lead into a discussion of this new instrument after first presenting VOR theory and its use in locating a balloon position. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 1975
Accession Number
ADA012248

Entities

People

  • A. R. Griffin
  • H. Laping

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Direction Finding
  • Instrumentation
  • Navigation
  • Omnidirectional
  • Position Finding
  • Radio Navigation

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites