Under contract AF33(657)-11053 sponsored by Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, USAF, a Nortronics developed stellar-inertial navigation system operating in a C-131B aircraft tracked the Echo I sat-ellite for a total of 17 minutes in daylight and darkness. Real-time data were produced which were comparable to that from ground tracking stations.


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    Title :

    Airborne Optical Satellite Tracking


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Airborne Photo-Optical Instrumentation ; 1967 ; Cocoa Beach,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1967-08-01





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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