Instrumentation to measure operation of windowless antenna during rocket flight
Abstract
This report describes instrumentation designed to measure the performance characteristics of base mounted antennas during a low altitude hypersonic flight. The parameters to be measured include reflection coefficients, interantenna coupling and electron density in the vicinity of the antennas. Standard PAM/FM/FM telemetry system is used for data transmission through a two antenna system mounted on the side of the nosecone. The telemetry antennas are also used as a supplementary diagnostics tool. The instrumentation was designed to be housed within a slender eight degree half-angle cone having a 22.9 centimeter diameter base.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- December 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975neu..reptR....C
- Keywords:
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- Antennas;
- Hypersonic Flight;
- Performance;
- Reentry Communication;
- Rocket Flight;
- Antenna Couplers;
- Data Transmission;
- Electron Density (Concentration);
- Reflectance;
- Rocket-Borne Instruments;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering