Accession Number:

AD0672794

Title:

SATELLITE TRACKING FACILITIES

Descriptive Note:

Surveys of foreign scientific and technical literature

Corporate Author:

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Michaels, Daniel W.

Report Date:

1968-07-22

Pagination or Media Count:

78.0

Abstract:

The report discusses the organization, station network, optical tracking capabilities, and current observation programs of Soviet-bloc, primarily USSR, satellite observation stations. Emphasis is on the optical and radio facilities employed in near-space rather than deep-space tracking. The difficulties encountered by the Soviet Union in developing advanced tracking instrumentation and the methods elected to overcome them are outlined.

Descriptors:

• *USSR
• RADAR TRACKING
• AERIAL CAMERAS
• CZECHOSLOVAKIA
• RADAR STATIONS
• OPTICAL TRACKING
• SATELLITE NETWORKS
• CHINA
• POLAND
• TELESCOPES
• EAST GERMANY
• HUNGARY
• RUMANIA
• SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Space Navigation and Guidance

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE