Advances in GPS Translator Technology

John B. McConnell, Robert H. Greenberg, Robert B. Pickett, Phillip C. Wildhagen, Alison K. Brown

Abstract:	Since 1974, two generations of tracking systems employ­ing Global Positioning System {GPS) translators have supported the Navy Trident Fleet Ballistic Missile program. Currently a third generation system is being developed by the GPS Range Applications Joint Program Office (RAJPO) for the SOl Exoatmospheric Reentry Intercept System {ERIS) program. Further advances in techno 1 ogy are expected to significantly reduce the size, weight and cost of translator systems which will expand their potential use. This paper projects how technology improvements will shape the development of new translator systems, addresses future applications of trans 1 a tor systems and presents a design approach for an Advanced Translator Processing System {ATPS). The ATPS could be deployed on a small general aviation type aircraft to provide over-the-horizon tracking support for multiple range participants.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 2nd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1989) September 27 - 29, 1989 The Broadmoor Hotel Colorado Spring, CO
Pages:	115 - 119
Cite this article:	McConnell, John B., Greenberg, Robert H., Pickett, Robert B., Wildhagen, Phillip C., Brown, Alison K., "Advances in GPS Translator Technology," Proceedings of the 2nd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1989), Colorado Spring, CO, September 1989, pp. 115-119.
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