Accession Number:

AD0728626

Title:

An Acquisition and Tracking Receiver for Satellite-to-Satellite Relaying at 55GHz. 55GHz

Descriptive Note:

Technical note

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Zolnay, Stephen L.

Report Date:

1971-05-11

Pagination or Media Count:

42.0

Abstract:

The note deals with the design of an acquisition and tracking system for inter-satellite communication. The problems of acquisition and tracking of position and of frequency are addressed. These are defined for the planned LES-8 and -9 satellites and a system design is proposed. The anticipated performance of the system is evaluated.

Descriptors:

• *SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEMS
• EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY
• PHASE LOCKED SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE