AN/FPS-16

AN/FPS-16 adalah sebuah radar pelacakan objek tunggal single object tracking radar (SOTR) sangat akurat monopulse berbasis darat, digunakan secara luas oleh program berawak ruang angkasa NASA, Angkatan Udara AS dan Angkatan Darat AS. Keakuratan Radar Set AN/FPS-16 adalah sedemikian rupa sehingga data posisi yang diperoleh dari target point-source memiliki azimuth dan elevasi kesalahan sudut kurang dari 0,1 milliradian (sekitar 0.006 derajat) dan kesalahan kisaran kurang dari 5 meter (5 m) dengan rasio signal-to-noise dari 20 desibel atau lebih.

Referensi

• Radar Set - Type: AN/FPS-16. US Air Force TM-11-487C-1, Volume 1, MIL-HDBK-162A. 15 December 1965.
• R.M. Page. Accurate angle tracking by radar. NRL Report RA-3A-222A, December 28, 1944.
• U.S. Patent No. 2,929,056 to R.M. Page, "Simultaneous Lobing Tracking Radar", March 1960.
• L.A. Gebhard. Evolution of Naval Radio-Electronics and Contributions of the Naval Research Laboratory. NRL Report 8300, 1979.
• NASA Publication SP-45, "Mercury Project Summary, Including Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital Flight, May 15 and 16, 1963. October 1963.
• Danielsen, E. F.; Duquet, R. T. A Comparison of FPS-16 and GMD-1 Measurements and Methods for Processing Wind Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology, vol. 6, Issue 5, pp. 824–836, 10/1967.
• Scoggins, J.R. An evaluation of detailed wind data that is measured by the FPS-16 radar/spherical balloon technique. NASA Tech. Note TN D-1572, 30 pp. 1963.
• Hoihjelle, Donald L. AN/FPS-16(AX) Radar Modeling and Computer Simulation. Defense Technology Information Center Accession Number: AD0738167, White Sands Missile Range N Mex Instrumentation Directorate, 25 pp. February 1972.