Abstract :
What connoisseurs of computers would call a “vintage” machine is doing up-to-date research in developing methods to identify orbiting artificial satellites. Part of an experimental system devised by the Techniques Branch of the Air Force Systems Command´s Rome Air Development Center, Griffiss Air Force Base, N.Y., the computer, a Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-1, is used to control the antennas that track the satellites, helping the system to establish the elements of orbits by obtaining the coordinates (altitude, azimuth, and range) of the satellites.
