Microlock: a minimum-weight radio instrumentation system for a satellite : Publication No. 63, 1956 Apr 13.

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Microlock: a minimum-weight radio instrumentation system for a satellite : Publication No. 63, 1956 Apr 13.

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The title page is marked: ORDCIT Project Contract No. DA-O4-495-Ord 18 Department of the Army Ordnance Corps. This is the summaray from page 1: This Publication describes the design, construction and testing of a satellite- tracking system employing a low-power, light-weight flight transmitter in conjunction with a receiving system of advanced design. The flight transmitter will radiate one milliwatt for three months and will provide two narrow-band telemetering channels in a unit with a total weight of one pound. The ground receiving equipment is capable of acquiring and tracking the beacon signal at a line-of-sight distance of 3,000 miles. Interferometer antennas will be used to determine the angular position of the satellite with an accuracy of 1 mu, which is equivalent to approximately ±0.04 seconds in the determination of the period.

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