• DocumentCode
    952532
  • Title

    Tracking Experiments with Pioneer IV

  • Author

    Barr, T.A. ; Lundquist, C.A.

  • Author_Institution
    U. S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala.
  • Issue
    42403
  • fYear
    1960
  • Firstpage
    355
  • Lastpage
    359
  • Abstract
    Several organizations participated in a program for testing receiver techniques used in tracking the low power transmitters carried on the space probe Pioneer IV. A meeting was held and presentations were made on each system tested This paper presents a summary and comparison of the results of the receiving techniques used to track the Pioneer IV. It also gives a brief description of the transmitter and antenna used on Pioneer IV.
  • Keywords
    Electronic equipment testing; Instruments; Missiles; Optical transmitters; Packaging; Probes; Radio transmitters; Space technology; System testing; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Military Electronics, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-2511
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRET-MIL.1960.5008248
  • Filename
    5008248