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The statistics of laser returns from cube-corner arrays on satelliteA method first presented by Goodman is used to derive an equation for the statistical effects associated with laser returns from satellites having retroreflecting arrays of cube corners. The effect of the distribution on the returns of a satellite-tracking system is illustrated by a computation based on randomly generated numbers.
Document ID
19740008069
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Lehr, C. G. (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1973
Subject Category
Masers
Report/Patent Number
SAO-LASER-REPT-5
NASA-CR-136731
Report Number: SAO-LASER-REPT-5
Report Number: NASA-CR-136731
Accession Number
74N16182
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-09-015-002
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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