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Record 1 2002-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earth-based Stations
  • Astronautics
CONT

The Minitrack system that was developed in the late 1950s for the NRL Vanguard Satellite Program used the signals emitted by Sputnik and later satellites to determine their positions and orbits. This pioneering tracking system led to the concept of tracking nonradiating, or noncooperative, satellites by signals reflected off them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations terriennes
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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