The MDA MicroSatellite Target System (MTS) for DoD Radar Calibration

Author

Guarnieri, Jason ; Hegemann, Greg ; Spanjers, Greg ; Winter, James ; Tolliver, Martin ; Summers, Jeff ; Cord, Greg

Author_Institution

Air Force Res. Lab. (AFRL), Kirtland

fYear

2007

fDate

3-10 March 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Advanced Systems Directorate (MDA/DV) is developing the MicroSatellite Target System (MTS) to research and develop the technologies necessary to build relatively inexpensive microsatellites for calibration of terrestrial radar. MTS-1 is designed to simulate reentry vehicle (RV) dynamics using the spacecraft (SC) Attitude Control System (ACS). The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate is the executing agent for MTS under MDA sponsorship.

Keywords

artificial satellites; attitude control; calibration; satellite tracking; target tracking; Advanced Systems Directorate; Air Force Research Laboratory; DoD radar calibration; MDA microsatellite target system; Missile Defense Agency; space vehicles directorate; spacecraft attitude control system; terrestrial radar; Aerospace engineering; Aluminum; Automotive engineering; Calibration; Costs; Laboratories; Payloads; Space vehicles; Spaceborne radar; Wheels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0524-6

Electronic_ISBN

1095-323X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2007.352750

Filename

4161304