Missile Antenna Pattern Coordinate System and Data Formats

Abstract

Antenna performance data pertains to missile, space, and aerodynamic vehicles' transmitting or receiving antennas used with range data collection, missile trajectory measurements, impact predictions, communications, or flight termination systems. As used in this document, the terms missile space vehicle, airborne, and aerodynamic vehicle are synonymous. This standard is intended to cover antennas for telemetry, pulsed radar beacons, continuous wave (CW) transponders, communication transmitters and receivers, command control/flight termination, receivers/decoders, pseudo random noise (PRN) ranging systems, and the Global Positioning System.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA269153

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Antenna Radiation Patterns
  • Continuous Waves
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radar
  • Radar Beacons
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Radio Frequency
  • Range Finding
  • Spacecraft
  • Transmitting

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space