Radar uses pulsed injection lasers for acquisition, coarse ranging, and angular tracking; angular tracking detectors are image dissectors; incoherent injection diode that is continuously modulated operates as source for vernier ranging from 3 km to docking; static tests in laboratory indicated capability of ranging to accuracy of less than 10 cm; dynamic closed-loop testing was performed on full-scale docking simulator, with radar providing information to simulator computer for complete rendezvous and docking maneuver; sequence of operation on simulator was acquisition, angular alignment of spacecraft, closure, and docking; results of tests.
Test performance of experimental laser radar for rendezvous and docking
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 5 , n 4 ; p 430-433
1968
4 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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