Accession Number:

AD0687500

Title:

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR SPACE VEHICLES.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Apr 65-30 Sep 68,

Corporate Author:

NORTHEASTERN UNIV BOSTON MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Rochefort,J. Spencer
• O'Connor,Lawrence J.
• Glazer,Arthur

Report Date:

1968-10-31

Pagination or Media Count:

71.0

Abstract:

The contract effort can be grouped under programs concerned with orbiting vehicles, evaluation of commercial telemetry system components, and field support for certain sounding rockets and balloons. The orbital vehicle effort is concerned with telemetry systems, a tracking system, a data storage system, aspect instrumentation and determination, a solar power system and a radiometer control and calibration system. A tabulation is given of commercial airborne telemetry components tested and evaluated since detailed results are published in scientific reports which are available to authorized agencies. The results of a UHF telemetry system test flight are discussed. The field support rendered in connection with the various programs is tabulated. Specific subroutine programs connected with aspect determination are included in appendices. Author

Descriptors:

• (*SPACECRAFT
• *TELEMETER SYSTEMS)
• DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
• SOUNDING ROCKETS
• BALLOONS
• SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEMS
• DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS
• SOLAR RADIATION
• RADIOMETERS
• ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY
• FLIGHT TESTING

Subject Categories:

• Unmanned Spacecraft
• Telemetry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE