Beacon-receiver for command guided missiles

Details Beacon-receiver for command guided missiles Beacon-receiver for command guided missiles

1982-01-29

1984-02-28

Jordan, Charles T.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Missile stabilization or trajectory control

Remote control

F41G 726

Patent

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044338180

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for use with a command-guided missile including: a beacon-receiver unit comprising a member having a patterned surface including a first area, which is retroreflective, and a second area, which is not retroreflective; apparatus causing rotation of the member about a spin axis passing through the surface; and focusing apparatus spaced on the member and having an optical axis passing through the surface, so that electromagnetic radiation reaching the focusing apparatus at an angle oblique to the optical axis is focused on the surface as an image which defines on the areas, as the member rotates, a closed curve about the spin axis, a characteristic of the closed curve varying with the oblique angle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4234141 (1980-11-01), Miller, Jr. et al.

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