An overview of the Western Aeronautical Test Range (WATR) of NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) is presented in this paper. The three WATR facilities are discussed, and three WATR elements - mission control centerns, communications systems, real-time processing and display systems, and tracking systems -are reviewed. The relationships within the NASA WATR, with respect to the NASA aeronautics program, are also discussed.


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    Title :

    The Western Aeronautical Test Range of NASA Ames Research Center


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Aerospace Sci. Meeting ; 1985 ; Reno, NV, United States


    Publication date :

    1984-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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