DocumentCode
1124218
Title
2.5a - A laser satellite ranging system - Part I: Equipment description
Author
Johnson, T.S. ; Plotkin, H.H. ; Spadin, P.L.
Author_Institution
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
Volume
3
Issue
11
fYear
1967
fDate
11/1/1967 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
435
Lastpage
439
Abstract
A laser tracking system has been used to track three satellites equipped with retroreflectors. An rms scatter of one to two meters derived from 200-200 observations per pass agrees with the expected instrumental precision.
Keywords
Laser beams; Laser radar; Masers; NASA; Optical arrays; Optical collimators; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Radar tracking; Satellite broadcasting;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1967.1074409
Filename
1074409
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