A TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR TELEMETRY TRACKING SYSTEMS

Abstract

White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) personnel have developed an intelligent, low cost, dual-microprocessor based, Tracking System Interface to be implemented on each telemetry tracking system at WSMR. This interface provides each telemetry tracking system with the capability of acquiring targets based on pointing data from various tracking radars on the Range. The presentation will begin with a historical overview of the WSMR target acquisition system followed by a discussion of the telemetry target acquisition system in particular. The newly developed intelligent interface will be discussed including present attributes. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of future enhancements.