antenna tracking
61Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex — The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) is a ground station that is located in Australia at Tidbinbilla in a valley of the Murrumbidgee River, about half an hour s drive out of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. The… …
62Chandrayaan-1 — Operator Indian Space Research Organisation Mission type Orbiter Satellite of Moon Orbital insertion date 8 November 2008 Orbits 3400 orbits around the …
63F-14 Tomcat — infobox Aircraft name= F 14 Tomcat caption= An F 14A Tomcat from the USS Nimitz during Operation Southern Watch type= Interceptor/multi role Fighter aircraft manufacturer= Grumman Northrop Grumman first flight= 21 December 1970 introduction=… …
64Mariner 6 and 7 — Mariner 6 Operator NASA Mission type Flyby Flyby of Mars …
65Iridium (satellite) — Infobox Company name = Iridium Satellite LLC type = Limited liability company genre = foundation = 2001 founder = location city = Bethesda, Maryland location country = United States location = locations = area served = Worldwide key people = Matt …
66Saturn V Instrument Unit — The Saturn V Instrument Unit is a ring shaped structure fitted to the top of the Saturn V rocket s third stage (S IVB) and the Saturn IB s second stage (S IVB). It was immediately below the SLA (Spacecraft/Lunar Module Adapter) panels that… …
67Earth station — An earth station or ground station is the surface based (terrestrial) end of a communications link to an object in outer space. The space end of the link is occasionally referred to as a space station (though that term often implies a human… …
68United States Space Surveillance Network — Space surveillance is a critical part of United States Strategic Command s (USSTRATCOM) mission and involves detecting, tracking, cataloging and identifying man made objects orbiting Earth, i.e. active/inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or …
69MIM-23 Hawk — PAR Pulse Acquisition Radar The pulse acquisition radar is a long range, high altitude search radar.* AN/MPQ 35 (Basic Hawk)The search radar used with the basic HAWK system, with a radar pulse power of 450 kW and a pulse length of 3 µs, a Pulse… …
70Conical scanning — is a system used in early radar units to improve their accuracy, as well as making it easier to steer the antenna properly to point at a target. Conical scanning is similar in concept to the earlier lobe switching concept used on some of the… …
