Signal antennae are mounted on the casing wall between forward nose and rear tail ends of an aerospace launched vehicle for radio communication through a conducting sheath of plasma formed thereon by atmospheric ionization during descent of the vehicle along a non-gliding reentry path. The reentry path is maintained by vehicle guidance at a steep angle in response to data transmitted to the antennae through the plasma of the conducting sheath which is thereby maintained in complete surrounding relation to the vehicle and modulated to enhance data transmission during the entire duration of vehicle descent.
Communication with Reentry Vehicle through Modulated Plasma
1994
12 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Spacecraft Trajectories & Flight Mechanics , Unmanned Spacecraft , Common Carrier & Satellite , Aeronomy , Instruments , Patent applications , Reentry vehicles , Communication and radio systems , Atmosphere entry , Atmospheric disturbances , Descent , Gliding , Guidance , Ionization , Paths , Signals , Plasma sheaths , Aerospace craft , Blackout(Propagation) , Communication satellites , Radio transmission
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