Accession Number:

AD0525790

Title:

IR Satellite Surveillance

Descriptive Note:

Technical note

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Dimmock, John O.

Report Date:

1973-05-02

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

A calculation and a comparison is made between the capabilities of a linear array of infrared detectors and those of an infrared vidicon for detecting high-altitude satellites from a satellite sensor platform. It is shown that far smaller optics diameter is required for the vidicon sensor to achieve the same range as the linear array or alternatively the vidicon range is far greater.

Descriptors:

• *INFRARED EQUIPMENT
• *SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEMS
• BACKGROUND
• DETECTORS
• HIGH ALTITUDE
• INFRARED DETECTORS
• INFRARED IMAGE TUBES
• INFRARED RADIATION
• LINEAR SYSTEMS
• ORBITS
• SPACEBORNE
• VIDICONS

Subject Categories:

• Military Intelligence
• Infrared Detection and Detectors
• Unmanned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE