Radar Echo from Reentry Vehicles.

H. Weil

ResearchPublished 1963

An outline of the main aspects of the problem of computing the radar echo from reentry vehicles, primarily to indicate what kinds of radar-return estimates can be made using presently available results from the gas-dynamic theory of wakes and electromagnetic theory. Numerical results for certain cases are presented. Some specific electromagnetic problems are outlined, and solution of which would help in obtaining results better than the crude estimates now available. An outline of the main aspects of the problem of computing the radar echo from reentry vehicles, primarily to indicate what kinds of radar-return estimates can be made using presently available results from the gas-dynamic theory of wakes and electromagnetic theory. Numerical results for certain cases are presented. Some specific electromagnetic problems are outlined, and solution of which would help in obtaining results better than the crude estimates now available. 43 pp

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  • Year: 1963
  • Pages: 43
  • Document Number: RM-3251-PR

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Weil, H., Radar Echo from Reentry Vehicles. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1963. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3251.html.
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