Accession Number:

AD0753342

Title:

Evaluation of an Image Intensifier System for Use on Tracking Telescopes

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM INSTRUMENTATION DIRECTORATE

Personal Author(s):

• Hayslett, Charles R.

Report Date:

1972-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

37.0

Abstract:

An image intensifier system has been designed and fabricated to mount on a long focal length telescope that is to be used for daytime missile tracking. The image intensifier system was evaluated both in the laboratory and on the telescope at a field site. The evaluation showed the image intensifier system provided adequate light gain to allow for faster sampling rates, longer focal lengths, and higher fnumber telescopes. The results of degradation to image quality consequential to providing this light gain are discussed. The field evaluation showed that the system has the capability to record data on missiles from launch to impact, 25 miles up range.

Descriptors:

• *GUIDED MISSILE TRACKING SYSTEMS
• *IMAGE INTENSIFIERS(ELECTRONICS)
• *TRACKING TELESCOPES
• OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• RESOLUTION
• OPTICAL SCANNING
• RELIABILITY(ELECTRONICS)
• OPTICAL IMAGES
• POWER SUPPLIES
• FOCUSING

Subject Categories:

• Electrooptical and Optoelectronic Devices
• Optical Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE