Pershing II Alternate Altimeter Replacement Scheme.

Abstract

During captive flight tests of the PERSHING II(PII) at Huntsville, Alabama, in the summer of 1978, a special test was flown to determine if the Terrain Mapping Antenna (TMA) could be utilized as an altimeter. If the TMA could be used as an altimeter, then weight and cost could be reduced. Altimeter tests were run on flights AH 140 and AH 141, with AH 140 being the high-altitude TMA tests. This report discusses the high-altitude TMA tests and presents the data analysis, conclusions and recommendations. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1979
Accession Number
ADA068168

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  • Robert Russell

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Captive Flight
  • Data Analysis
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Elevation
  • Flight
  • High Altitude
  • Measurement
  • Mountains
  • New Mexico
  • Project Management
  • Sea Level
  • Slant Range
  • Terrain

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Geodesy