The United States Air Force Eastern Test Range. Range Instrumentation Handbook

• Main Author: Cone, Bruce E
• Other Authors: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE PATRICK AFB FL
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1976
• Subjects: Guided Missile Launching and Basing Support; *GUIDED MISSILE RANGES; *INSTRUMENTATION; COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS; DATA PROCESSING; DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT; GUIDED MISSILE SAFETY; GUIDED MISSILE TRACKING SYSTEMS; HANDBOOKS; IMPACT PREDICTION; OPTICS; RADAR; SHIPS; TELEMETER SYSTEMS; AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE; Indian; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA029237; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA029237

The Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR) extends from the eastern United States mainland through the south Atlantic Ocean area eastward into the Indian Ocean. It includes all stations, sites, ocean areas, and air space necessary to conduct missile and space vehicle test and development. This handbook describes the major instrumentation systems now operating, or being installed, on the ETR. The equipment and operation of each system is discussed briefly, and its location and accuracies given. Supersedes Rept. no. AFETR-TR-71-5 dated Sep 1971, AD0735263.