Design for operational calibration of the naval space surveillance system

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 279-295

  Schumacher Jr , Paul W ^a   Gilbreath, G Charmaine ^b   Lydick, Edward D ^a   Davis, Mark A ^c   Seago, John H ^c   Walters, Stephen G ^a  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AlliedSignal Tech Serv Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0000291076     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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