ESS - Electro-Optic Sky
Screen and Tracking System
ESS is a proven, top performance test range
safety system for accurate monitoring of missile and other airborne object
flight tests.
ESS can operate as a stand alone, or as a
supplemental test range safety system. It is available with CCD or with FLIR
cameras.
ESS is easy
to deploy and simple to use. It has high accuracy abort boundaries and proven
top reliability.
ESS is the practical approach to range safety
operations, exemplifying cost effective engineering.
ESS
is used for safety monitoring during flight tests of missiles and other
airborne objects. It utilizes two or more triangulated sensors with real-time
video images overlaid by computer generated safety boundaries. Sensors are
either CCD or FLIR (FPA) cameras. Each sensor uses a high resolution camera
mounted on a manual pedestal, which are interconnected to a PC based station.
The system is portable and ruggedized, allowing fast deployment at the most
appropriate locations. Short preparation time is enabled by means of built-in
on-site configuration set-up and semi-automatic calibration routines. Components
are top quality, ruggedized, off-the-shelf items.
System
set-up, including trajectories, abort boundaries and other graphic data
(externally created) can be loaded on-site from a diskette. The system can
interface with any Cartesian coordinate system using pre-defined geodetic
utilities and calibrations. Real-time data recording and playback capabilities
permit on-site mission debrief as well as providing results for data
reduction.
ESS
has extensive simulation capability for operator training. Both nominal
and malfunction trajectory simulations are easily generated to insure track
reliability and provide safety crew training.
1.3 mrad
25 Hz
PAL (or CCIR), NTSC (or RS170) optional
Az 0 to 360 degrees
El -8 to +90 degrees
Az & El 0.01 degree
RGBS or composite video
220 VAC, 50 Hz or 110 VAC, 60 Hz
2.3 A at 220 VAC
> 25 minutes
30 minute
0 to
50 degrees C
0 to 60 degrees C
up to 80%