Title

Collecting Reentry Body Gps Translator Data Near Impact Using The Over-The-Horizon Buoy

Abstract

During Trident missile tests, range-safety requirements can mandate that the ship instrumented with the Navy Mobile Instrumentation System (NMIS) be located at a dis tance from the reentry body impact location that places it over the horizon. Currently, without line of sight, the NMIS cannot collect reentry body telemetry and GPS translator data to impact. The over-the-horizon (OTH) buoy is being developed as a new NMIS subsystem that provides the capability to record reentry body to impact while the ship is located over the horizon. A prototype OTH buoy was designed and tested during two Trident missile tests. The engineering tests successfully demonstrated the OTH buoy's ability to record reentry body telemetry and GPS translator data to impact. This article presents the translated-GPS recording system used on the prototype OTH buoy and the corresponding results of the two engineering tests.

Publication Date

10-29-2010

Publication Title

Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (Applied Physics Laboratory)

Volume

29

Issue

2

Number of Pages

141-148

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

77958487966 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77958487966

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