9.2.5
Samour of System Performuisce
Teas.
Telemererea inforaiticn indicates that the azirdoine ssatea funce
tioned properly.
The receiving station was manned amd opersted norsally.
lopediately follwics launch of the Redotone, a signal level vas chserved and
Tecorces at the receiving station, but as the sissile aoved farther frog its
prescridet trajectory, this signal faded so that at sero time no signal strensth
was presesc.'
do the sissile periormed properly, a record of transit tise amt alpha
wouldalaost certainly have been obtained.
Oracze.
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With the exception of failure to record a high-resoiution alpha
display, the system operated satisfactorily.
This failure can be rectified
in the future by adjustoent of scope trigser levels or use of are sensitive
fila in the recording cxmeras.
9.3 POSITIONING SYSTEM
9.3.1
Design Criteria
AGequate analysis of data ob@a ined by the iastrucentation rockets required
that positicns of the rockets with respect to burst point be known more accurately than could be ascertained by ballistic prediction.
To meet this necd,
design of a positioning systea was undertaken by Sandia Laboratory.
The prin-
cipal conditions governing this design effort were that (a) total system cost,
includiag design, development, and procurement, was not to exceed 2200, 000;
(b) up to a range of about 250,000 feet, position of seven airborne vehicles
had to be determined to an accuracy of * ZOU0 feet; (c) in considerably less
than ope year from initiation of design, the systeo had to be operationl to
the extenc of being capable of tracking one test rocket at a tine at the Tunupah
Test Raaze; and (d) the systea had to be capable of operating remtely by
closure of a few relays.
9.3.2
Description of S)sten
Follwing is a brief description of the ssstem; for complete details
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refer t> Pace, Crosle:, and daasen. 3