The Western Aeronautical Test Range of NASA Ames Research Center
Author(s) -
Ana L. Moore
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
23rd aerospace sciences meeting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.2514/6.1985-316
Subject(s) - aeronautics , range (aeronautics) , center (category theory) , research center , aerospace engineering , remote sensing , computer science , meteorology , environmental science , engineering , geology , geography , political science , chemistry , law , crystallography
An overview of the Western Aeronautical Test Range (WATR) of NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) is presented in this paper. The three WATR facilities are discussed, and three WATR elements - mission control centerns, communications systems, real-time processing and display systems, and tracking systems -are reviewed. The relationships within the NASA WATR, with respect to the NASA aeronautics program, are also discussed.
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