Scaled Experiments For Assessment Of Precise Active Tracking

R. Pringle Jr.; J. A . Gniady; D. H. Liskow; F. J. McClung; S. Monaco

doi:10.1117/12.964424

1 February 1987 Scaled Experiments For Assessment Of Precise Active Tracking

R. Pringle Jr., J. A . Gniady, D. H. Liskow, F. J. McClung, S. Monaco

Proceedings Volume 0641, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.964424
Event: 1986 Technical Symposium Southeast, 1986, Orlando, United States

Abstract

Experiment scaling is described for sub-resolution, active tracking. It is shown that scaling is feasible for emulating long range active tracking. This allows laboratory scale demonstration of nearly every aspect of the full scale situation. The apertures for the scaled laboratory experiments must be pinhole-size of order 1 mm diameter; this allows the experiments to be virtually insensitive to atmospheric turbulence over controlled laboratory air paths up to 100 meters in length. A discussion of several methods for speckle reduction is also included. If an effective space-to-space field experiment is to be carried out, near-term scaled, laboratory experiments should begin. The field experiment can be fully emulated in a scaled laboratory environment, using much of the actual field equipment, e.g., detectors, intensifier, signal processing, controlled steering mirrors.

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R. Pringle Jr., J. A . Gniady, D. H. Liskow, F. J. McClung, and S. Monaco "Scaled Experiments For Assessment Of Precise Active Tracking", Proc. SPIE 0641, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing, (1 February 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.964424

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