ATS-5 Millimeter Wave Propagation Experiment

This paper describes the design of the millimeter wave experiment aboard the ATS-5 satellite. This equipment is the first millimeter wave communications equipment in space. The function of the equipment is to provide earthspace propagation data at Ku- and Ka- band frequencies. The designs of the phase locked Ka- band receiver, the Ku-band transmitter, the antennas, and the telemetry and processing equipment are described. Mechanical and environmental problems are also discussed.     

Calculation of Detection Probabilities for Automated Change Detection

A general model is presented for calculating detection and falsealarm probabilities for the automated change detector. The model is then applied to determine PD'PF for the ?target-no target? type change; the resulting PD and PF are compared to the one-channel case.     

Real-Time Motion Desmearing of Airborne Imagery

This paper considers the real-time ?desmearing? of motion- ?smeared? imagery telemetered from an airborne platform. The specific configuration considered is the direct raster scan readout of a satellite-mounted vidicon. Three types of smearing are considered: 1) linear uniform smearing, 2) linear nonuniform smearing, and 3) nonlinear smearing. The simplest type of smearing, linear uniform, has as its desmearing or inverse filter a circulating delay line (CDL) cascaded with a differentiator. An error analysis of this filter is presented along with an experimental simulation. Linear, non-uniform smearing characterized by the operator begin{equation*}int^{t}_{t-delta(t)}I(tau){ }{dtau}end{equation*} is considered next. Two possible realizations for the inverse filter are discussed as to accuracy and practicality. Finally, an error analysis is performed for the nonlinear smearing that results from a skewing of the raster scan.     

Identification of Voltage Transients on Aircraft Cabling under LTA Excitation

Lightning and electro-magnetic pluse-induced fuselage skin currents can magnetically or electrically flux couple onto air-craft cabling through dielectric "holes" or apertures in the aircraft fuselage. Using lightning transient analysis (LTA) input-output waveform records, frequency domain techniques are presented that locate the exact point of excitation. The techniques are demonstrated using an RG-58 cable simulation and are then applied to the yaw damper circuit of a USAF F-111.