The application of correlation analysis in the process of pointing calibration of 64-m Bear Lakes radiotelescope (Russia)

Author

Belov, Yu. ; Naumov, A. ; Chernikova, S. ; Poperchenko, B. ; Sapozhnikov, B.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radiophys. Res., Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

13-18 July 1997

Firstpage

568

Abstract

Some specific features of every radiotelescope design have an effect on the construction of a regular errors pointing model (corrections) as a function of the radio source coordinates observed. This corrections are related to the azimuth-axis tilt, nonorthogonality of the azimuth and elevation axes and to other reasons. For the purpose of spacecraft tracking in deep space it is very important to set up an accurate corrections model. The present contribution presents some a method of analysis to determine the regular errors of the 64-m radiotelescope pointing.

Keywords

calibration; radiotelescopes; space communication links; tracking; 64 m; 64-m Bear Lakes radiotelescope; Russia; azimuth axis; azimuth-axis tilt; corrections; correlation analysis; deep space; elevation axis; nonorthogonality; pointing calibration; radio source coordinates; regular errors pointing model; spacecraft tracking; Antenna measurements; Autocorrelation; Azimuth; Calibration; Design engineering; Error correction; Lakes; Reflector antennas; Space vehicles; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1997. IEEE., 1997 Digest

Conference_Location

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4178-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1997.630226

Filename

630226