Proceedings of the PLACES Preliminary Data Review Meeting, 20 and 21 May 1981,

Abstract

The Position, Location, and Communications Effects Simulation (PLACES) experiment was conducted at Eglin AFB, Florida, during the period of 4 to 12 December 1980. Four barium releases were made on four separate days. The primary experiment was to measure time-of-arrival fluctuation and spread in a signal passed through the barium clous from a rocket-borne beacon to a ground receiving station. A secondary experiment was the measurement of phase and amplitude scintillation on a UHF signal (from the LES-8 satellite), passing through the barium cloud to a receiver in a C-135 Aircraft. In addition to these two experiments, a rocket-borne electron density probe and mass spectrometer made in-situ measurements on the barium cloud. The ion cloud position was determined in real time by the FPS-85 radar operating in an incoherent scatter mode. Ground optics, an ionosonde, a magnetometer, and a low-light-level TV tracking system also supported the experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA112259

Entities

People

  • Dan R. Mcdaniel

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Diffraction
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Ionosphere
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Measurement
  • Network Science
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radar
  • Satellite Communications
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster