INSTRUMENTATION HANDBOOK

1 'WESTERNSPACE AND MISSILE CENTERWESTERN TEST RANGE4P9S LANDBASEDINSTRUMENTATIONHANDBOOKL.,:J U L)' 11s:tJj2r :u. ' It :'7) L (.i K 1 7 1 32.'.&ctric Corp.) 238 1punclas1 JULY 1931 HEADQUARTERS WESTERN SPACE AND MISSILE CENTERAIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND V * AFI, CA 93431/ /03 WESTERN SPACE AND MISSILE CENTERWESTERN TEST RANGELANOBASED INSTRUMENTATIONHANDBOOKThis HANDBOOK describes the capabilities of the Western Test Rangelandbased sites. The configuration described herein is current as of1 July and extracts from this document may not be made without writtenpermission of the Western Space and Missile Center, Western Test under Contract No. HANDBOOK is in effect on the date of approval and will supersede allprevious Landbased INSTRUMENTATION by: Submitted by:H.

2 WORHAC Z .atRHACZDa , k. GINVTVice PresidentDeputy Directal- WTR Division DirectorMaintenance & Support Services FEDERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATIONFEDERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATIONA pproved by:A. H. DAV-IDSON II, OLONEL, USAF DateDeputy Commander for Western Test RangeWestern Space and Missile Center8 DFOREWORDThis HANDBOOK has been prepared for the Western Space & Missile Center(WSMC) under Contract No. HANDBOOK is intended for general use and guidance. It will also beuseful as an aid in indoctrination and for general reference. The handbookwill be updated periodically to record changes in instrumentationconfiguration; however, because of the extensive time required forcompilation and coordination of data, it cannot reflect day-to-day changesand should not be used for immediate "working" questions regarding this document should be directed to theInstrumentation Division (RSIO) of the HANDBOOK has been reviewed and ForNTISC ADUO1 TABI inJu:T i ' tin.

3 %C== ..m m mm mmII I I I Western Space & Missile Center/Western Test Range (WSMC/WTR)landbased INSTRUMENTATION provides launch support capabilities for purposesof range safety, ballistic missile impact prediction and location,.telemetry data acquisition and reduction, and satellite tracking andcommunications. Installed systems and equipments are used to supportmissile and space programs originating at Vandenberg AFB, California aswell as operational programs originating at other service and WSMC/WTR INSTRUMENTATION facilities and operational supportsystems are located in California and Hawaii. K , --(1.,v *IH '' -K" "> c t , cC "0/"/\TABLE OF CONTENTSSE CT I ON PURPOSE SCOPE GENERAL REFERENCE DOCUMENTS INSTRUMENTATION VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE Missile Flight Control Center Area Control Center Console Control & DistributionSystem Telemetry Receiving Site PILLAR POINT AIR FORCE STATION Pillar Point Telemetry Facility Pillar Point Environmental Support ANDERSON PEAK OPTICAL TRACKING STATION RANGE COMMUNICATION Vandenberg NetworkControl Center Wheeler NetworkControl Center SANTA YNEZ PEAK OPTICAL TRACKING STATION KAENA POINT.)

4 HAWAII DATA ACQUISITION INSTRUMENTATION AN/TPQ-18 RADAR SET AN/TPQ-18 Operation AN/TPQ-18 Technical Data AN/FPQ-6 RADAR SET AN/FPQ-6 Operation AN/FPQ-6 Technical Data AN/FPS-16 RADAR SET AN/FPS-16 Operation AN/FPS-16 Technical Data AA/M-33 RADAR SET AA/M-33 Technical Data GENERAL ELECTRIC RADIO TRACKING SYSTEM(GERTS) AM/URW-12 GERTS Operation GERTS Technical Data AN/FPQ-14 ON-AXIS RADAR AN/FPQ-14 Operation AN/FPQ-14 Configuration Equipment Characteristics OPTICAL TRACKING TELESCOPE, LA-24 LA-24 Technical Data SANTA YNEZ PEAK OPTICAL TRACKING STATION Santa Ynez Peak Optical TrackingStation Technical Data 3-46ivTABLE OF CONTENTSSECTION ANDERSON PEAK Anderson Peak Technical Data ENGINEERING SEQUENTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY -LAUNCHCOMPLEXES AND INTERMEDIATE EARLY TRACKING Milliken Camera, 16 mm Photo-Sonics 18 Camera, 16 mm Mitchell, 16 mm Mitchell, 35 "n Photo-Sonics Hi-Speed, 35 mm Hulcher Camera, 70 mm (Model 102)

5 Cine-Sextant Optical Tracking mount DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORY SERVICES AN/MPS-36 RADAR AN/MPS-36 Technical Data DATA HANDLING AND PROCESSING REAL TIME DATA HANDLING SYSTEM TOCC/RTDHS Data Switching Center (DSC) Pillar Point RTDHS INSTRUMENTATION DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM TELEMETRY DATA PROCESSING CENTERS Telemetry Analog Equipment Room (TAER) Data Source Selector (OSS) Tape Duplicating System (TDS) Missile Flight Safety Station (MFSS) INSTRUMENTATION SUPPORT RANGE TIMING SYSTEMS Central Timing Signal Generator -Pillar Point Timing Subsystem, AN/FPQ-14 atKaena Point COMMAND TRANSMITTER SYSTEM Missile Flight Control Center CCTI nterface CCT Site No.

6 1 NVAFB CCT Site No. 2 SVAFB CCT Site No. 3 SVAFB Pillar Point CCT CCT Technical Data Digital Ground Equipment (DGE) 5-15vSTABLE OF CONTENTS ( )SECT ION SURVEILLANCE RADAR SYSTEMS Air Route Surveillance Radar,ARSR-1D Radar Recognition System, AN/UPX-23 Production Common Digitizier(PCD) AN/FYQ-49 Area Control Center Display System(ACCDS) METEOROLOGICAL-GEOPHYSICAL FACILITIES ANDEQUIPMENT Environmental Support Center Measurement Accuracy Representative Observation Site (ROS) Satellite Weather Surveillance System(SWSS) Storm Surveillance Radar (FPS-77) Remote Weather Radar Terminal Weather Television Weather Information Network and DisplaySystem (WINDS)

7 Doppler Acoustic Sounding System (DASS) Low Level Tetroon Tracking System High ResolItion Winds Sounding System Meterological Sounding Systems Ionospheric Sounding System AUTOMATED TRAIN SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (ATSS) 5-41(Building 7000-A, Vandenberg AFB, Ca.) Remote Sensor Stations (RSS) Receiver Display Station (RDS) Train Display Board 5-42 APPENDIXA INTER-RANGE INSTRUMENTATION GROUP STANDARD FORMATS A-1B INSTRUMENTATION SITE SHADOW CHARTS B-1C GLOSSARY C-iviaLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSFIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE1-1 Western Test Range 1-32-1 Vandenberg Air Force Base 2-32-2 Missile Control Center, Physical Layout 2-72-3 Missile Flight Control Center, Functional Layout 2-82-4 Area Control Center, Physical Layout 2-112-5 Area Control Center AnalogDistribution and Control 2-122-6 Console Control and Distribution System,Block Diagram 2-132-7 Telemetry Receiving Site TRS) Sudden Peak 2-142-8 Inter-station Trunks (TRS, Sudden Peak 2-152-9 GKR-7 Antenna, Side View 2-162-10 35-Foot Autotrack Antenna (TRS)

8 2-17-2-11 Quad Helix Antenna TRS, Overview 2-192-12 8-Foot Antenna, TRS 2-202-13 IRIG Standard Data Transmission Format 2-242-14 Pillar Point AFS 2-282-15 Pillar Point 40-Foot Autotrack AntennaSide View 2-312-16 Pillar Point Automatic Tracking 80-Foot Antenna 2-332-17 Anderson Peak Optical Station, Site Plan 2-372-18 Santa Ynez Peak Optical Tracking Station 2-382-19 WSMC Facilities, Oahu, Hawaii 2-402-20 Site Plan, AN/FPQ-14 Kaena Point, Oahu, Hawaii 2-413-1 AN/TPQ-18, East Side View 3-13-2 Site Plan, AN/TPQ-18, VAFB, California 3-23-3 AN/TPQ-18 or AN/FPQ-6 Radar Set, SimplifiedBlock Di agrams 3-53-4 AN/FPQ-6 Overall View 3-103-5 AN/FPQ-6 Control Console, Front View 3-123-6 AN/FPS-16, Overall View 3-153-7 AN/FPS-16, Typical Installation, 36at VAFB and PPAFB 3-163-8 AN/FPS-16, Simplified Block Diagram,VAFB and PPAFS 3-193-9 AN/FPS-16 Antenna, Front View 3-213-10 Radars Boresight Towers, Typical Installation 3-223-11 AA/M-33 Side View 3-263-12 AA/M-33 Radar Van, Cutaway View 3-283-13 AA/M-33 Data Flow Diagram 3-293-14 GERTS.

9 Data Flow Diagram 3-313-15 GERTS Track Subsystem Block Diagram 3-333-16 GERTS Rate Subsystem Block Diagram 3-353-17 GERTS Flight Data Recording SubsystemBlock Diagram 3-363-18 LA-24 Tracking Telescope, Front View 3-453-19 Recording Optical Tracking Instrument (ROTI) 3-463-20 Anderson Peak Optical Station, Site Plan 3-503-21 Milliken 16mrm Camera 3-549 viiIm mnLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ( )FIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE 93-22 Photo-Sonics 18, 16m Camera 3-543-23 Michell 16m Camera 3-543-24 Michell 35am Camera 3-543-25 Photo-Sonics 18 3 Smm Camera 3-563-26 Hulcher 70mm Camera 3-573-27 Cinc-Sextant Optical Tracking Mount 3-584-1 RTDHS Data Flow Diagram 4-44-2 RTDHS Main Site Functions Diagram 4-54-3 WSMC Narrow-Band Data Transmission System(Sheet 1 of 2) 4-7/84-4 IDTS Microwave System Location Diagram 4-134-5 RTDHS Data Flow Diagram, Sheet 1 of 5.

10 4-144-6 General Telemetry Data Flow 4-204-7 OSS TM-3316 Block Diagram 4-284-8 Tape Dub & Evaluation System 4-315-1 Central Timing Signal Generator 5-35-2 Pillar Point, Timing Data Flow Diagram 5-45-2A CTSG Functional Block Diagram 5-55-3 Simplified Block Diagram, Command or StatusTransmissions Links -TOCC and CCTS 5-95-4 CCT Number 1 Site, Over View 5-115-5 CCT Number 3'Site, Over View 5-125-6 Digital Ground Equipment (DGE) 5-16viiiSLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ( )FIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE5-7 Surveillance Radar, Overview 5-195-8 ARSR-ID, Data Flow Diagram 5-245-9 Air Controller Display Position (ACOP) Console 5-275-10-1 Operational Meteorologica, Data Flow 5-325-10-2 Atmospheric Sensing System 5-335-10-3 Air Weather Service Operational Support System 5-345-10-4 Weather Information Network and Display System(WINDS) 5-375-10-5 Environmental Support Facilities, VAFB 5-38A-1 Standard Format A A-2A-2 Standard Format B A-3A-3 Standard Format D A-4A-4 Standard Format E A-5A-5 Standard Format H A-6A-6 Standard Format G A-7B-1 AN/TPQ-18 AN/FPS-16, No.