A brief description of tre configurations of equipment adoure tie Redsteone
folicws.
These are illustrates by Figs. 3.2 am 7.3.
Sith the exception at
antescas and antesrra feed cables, all cxeponments were mounted ona large sie
ima place shich was attachea to Che Carysler Corporation 20 plate located
dDetweea the guicisce section and the warhead.
The detectors were thus within
a few inches of tre rear dust cower of the warhead.
[5 order to suurd asainst
radgiation-proeduced failure of electronic cocponents before the detector signals
had dcen EtCransaitted, none of the high-resolution relemetsy equipaent vas placed
closer to the warhead than were Che detectors.
From the RAD plate, antenna
cadles went to feecthroughs in the sissile pressure bulahead and then to two
1d—5-zain horn antennas aouated in the skirt section of the top unit.
These
anternas were merced in such a aanner chat their radiation would be directed
tcward che receivicg stations, provided the missile was in the prescribed position aod attitude at burst time.
Before separatiss of the threse unit and the
tep unit, the RF gxeer sent to the antennas was absorbed by aaterial inserted
in the antennas.
aA line artached to the erust unit pulled this aaterial froa
the antennas at separation cise.
246 pounds.
Total weight of chis installation was about
Power was supplied by two 5-ampere-hour, 26-volt nickle-cadaiua
batteries connected in parallel.
Average power consu=ption of the system was
about 1] azperes.® The FM system aboard the Redstone was equipped with one 5-
acpere-hour battery, drew about 6 azperes, and weizhed 66 pounds.
A sisilar procedure was followed for Orange shor.
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Data
Teak.
Teak detonation did not occur at the proper poine (see Fig. 1.1)
and oo inforsation was obtained, since antenna bean widths were such that the
burst occurred outside che region in which sufficient signal cou): have been
received,
Orange.
ce
The system operated well on Orange, and a good record of transit
time was obtained on the low-resolution raster scopes.
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From these records a
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Tae hish-cine resolution scopes either failed to trigger, of the cateras
failed to cecord the trigger.
obtained.
Therefore, no high-speed alpha record was
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