• DocumentCode
    783659
  • Title

    Optical Communication During Hypersonic Re-Entry

  • Author

    Langberg, Edwin

  • Author_Institution
    Elcon Lab., Cambridege, MA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1959
  • fDate
    6/1/1959 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    68
  • Lastpage
    70
  • Abstract
    Communication during the re-entry of a space vehicle is a formidable problem because thermally-ionized gas in a shock wave surrounding such a vehicle absorbs the signal over the major portion of the radio spectrum. This paper describes some general features of re-entry communications. The entire electromagnetic spectrum is examined for selection of a suitable signal frequency.
  • Keywords
    Atmosphere; Atmospheric waves; Attenuation; Frequency; Millimeter wave communication; Missiles; Optical fiber communication; Plasma waves; Shock waves; Space vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Systems, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-2244
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1959.1097551
  • Filename
    1097551
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=783659