Combining various detection and tracking functions required in space rendezvous and lunar landing operations reduces overall weight and provides weight budget for more reliable component selection, redundant usage of critical components, and automatic self-check features within equipment; multifunction radar design satisfying these requirements is described; design is based upon integration of common antenna/receiver/transmitter modules to provide needed functions of range, range-rate, as well as radial altitude and tangential velocity relative to Earth or lunar surfaces as required.


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    Title :

    Spaceborne radar for rendezvous guidance and lunar landing


    Additional title:

    IRE East Coast Conference -- Tech Paper


    Contributors:
    Prew, H.E. (author) / Newman, D.B. (author)

    Conference:

    IRE East Coast Conference on Aerospace and Navigational Electronics -- Meeting ; 1962 Rendezvous



    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :




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