Acquisition Technique for Infrared Tracking Mounts

The job of an infrared tracking mount in reentry operations is to keep an array of optical instruments pointed accurately at a missile as it speeds across the sky. This job can be performed during day or night, for either launch or reentry operation, when the acquisition scheme has been planned accordingly. A tracking system which utilizes the combined capabilities of a human operator for acquisition and an infrared sensor for automatic tracking is described. Television viewing of the target area is shown to be of assistance to the operator.

Print ISSN

0361-4573

Published

1963-10

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J06138