ATS-5 MULTIPATH/RANGING/DIGITAL DATA L-BAND EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM. PHASE III. DEFINITION OF REVISED EXPERIMENT, TERMINAL DESIGN, AND SUBSYSTEM PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS

A revised overocean multipath propagation and cw tone-ranging flight test experiment specifically designed to accommodate the ATS-5 spin is described. The test program will employ the 1540- to 1660-MHz frequency band and will involve an FAA KC-135 jet airplane, the spinning NASA ATS-5 satellite, and a ground station at the FAA NAFEC facility. Four experimental L-band antennas are designed for installation on the KC-135: a steerable quad helix, a crossed-dipole multipath array, and two low-grain slot dipoles. The ground station and airborne terminal hardware are defined. Detailed measured performance data are given for the antennas and major equipment subsystems. The field test program and analysis of the data acquired are accomplished under phases IV and V of the contract. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also AD-783 583 and AD-783 585.
• Corporate Authors:

  Boeing Company

  Commercial Airplane Division, P.O. Box 3707
  Seattle, WA  United States  98124

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Systems R&D Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 113 p.

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00071872
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: D6-60179 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA69WA-2109
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 19 1974 12:00AM