“radar tracked”34 pages
- p. 36 …The object turned out to
be a radar tracking balloon" (included with Atch 11). Additionally, this…
- p. 42 …He recalled that radar targets were used for tracking
balloons because they did not have all…
- p. 105 …The object turned out to be
a radar tracking balloon.
The main project· of the mont…
- p. 202 …The artillery radar tracked the balloons with comer
reflectors--this ga·ve the vo.inds aloft…
- p. 205 …In the early flights at Alomorgodo, starting in June, 1947, we used radar targets to track…
- p. 206 …The tracking was to be done by the Watson Labs
radar for the V-2launches, etc…
- p. 226 …projects -- one, the radar project from
Watson Laboratories that was set to track the V-2…
- p. 231 …Instead, the idea was
that Peoples would provide tracking on the balloons with radar
targets and…
- p. 232 …so I'm quite sure that as a result of the failure of the
radar tracking…
- p. 246 …which
the tracking of the flights was to be done by radar, tracking
corner reflector targets…
- p. 247 …To fly meteorological balloons, tracked by a Watson Lab
radar on the ML-307B targets that…
- p. 249 …The radar tracking turned
out to be abysmally poor. I don't know why, but they…
- p. 250 …flights which were
to be tracked by radar, and the radar was unsuccessful. It's my…
- p. 255 …our operation, we depended on radiosons and where we
could get radar tracking for tracking air…
- p. 266 …transmitters tracked by the SCR-658,
the old bed springs; and then the radar wind. Ray…
- p. 277 …The article in the paper talks about the use of reflectors for tracking purposes-the radar…
- p. 323 …He tried to track the
balloons using multiple radar targets.29 A radar target was a…
- p. 325 …for improved balloon
tracking and plotting. This eliminated the need for radar "comer reflectors" on
the…
- p. 326 …If it was to be tracked by
radar for wind-speed measurement, a single corner reflector…
- p. 329 …coordinated radar
activities.43 Additionally, some of the details discussed (balloon sighting in
Colorado, tracking by…
- p. 454 …Used •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 65
Radio Direction-Finding ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••· 56
Radar and Optical Tracking •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 87
VI. Instrumentation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 67
Altitude Determination…
- p. 455 …Positioning of balloon during flight be determined by
ground tracking such as radar or radio direction…
- p. 517 …Radar and Optical Tracking.
Because of their limited range. ground radar sets and theodolites
were only…
- p. 567 …Radar~ RDF and theodolite were used to track the balloon.
- p. 575 …Using
radar and helicopter that balloon was tracked for nearly 2 hours at an altitude
of…
- p. 599 …switch, use of, !,2!
Radar tracking, '15. 86
Radio direction-finding
airborne, .!!.• 103, 110
- p. 600 …60, 75
Tracking
aircraft, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13-20, 86,
103
radar, 86, 75
radio…
- p. 639 …APQ-13
radar, mounted atop a B-17, will greatly augment the horizontal tracking
and will…
- p. 672 …17 with top~ounted radar to
search above the plane for tracking. Depending upon the
noise…
- p. 739 …When available, ground
radar has been used in tracking the balloons, with
good results.
A series…
- p. 841 …Tracking Projects:
(l) Radar Tracking Set AN/MPS-6 • A letter was received from Watson
Laboratories…
- p. 842 Permission to use the MPS-6 in tracking further V-2 missiles having
been received, plans…
- p. 858 …SCR-658
Theodolite • • • •
Aircraft Radio Compass • • • • • • • • • • • • • 52
• • • • • • • • • • • • 53
Radar • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 53
Altitude Determination •••••••••••••• 53
Olland Cycle Pressure…
- p. 907 …add radar targets
(corner reflectors) to the flight train for such
tracking. Using radar. the elevation…
Fliget 86: Released from Alamogordo, N6W Mexico. 0941 MST. August 19. 1948
Recovered at Valmont, New Mexico
This was the fourth flight made with a single, 7-foot, .001" polyethylene
balloon (Figure ~7), carrying a light load to relatively low altitudes.
Figure 37: 7-Foot polyethylene balloon
On Flight 74, the automatic ballast meter showed that a ballast flow ot· <::00
grams per hour was required by an automatic ballast valve on such a balloon.
Flight 84 was launched in August, 1948 with a low-altitude barograph and no
altitude controls to ascertain how long such a balloon would stay up. Using
radar and helicopter that balloon was tracked for nearly 2 hours at an altitude
of 12.500 feet with a load of 3 kilograms. It was still floating when lost.
On Flight 86, a fixed ballast leak was used, set at 170 grams per hour.
After an early failure of the radiosonde transmitter, this balloon was followed
with a plane; a 1'1oating level of about 14,500 feet was maintained for 4 hours,
with a rise of "ceiling" of about 1200 t'eet per hour.
This balloon was observed during descent and was still distended, indicating
that the lifting gas had been replaced by air both before and during descent.
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