1:17:43 "That means we also need to invest in our facilities." There is a reason why Grayson Merrill's series on missile design included an entire volume dedicated to range instrumentation and a good deal of another to operational armaments research. In addition, "Fire Across the Desert", the history of the Woomera facility in Australia, devotes significant space to the description of the range instrumentation, far more than it does to some of the missiles tested there.

It’s a shame he didn’t mention the FT4 digital mode on linear satellites. Using the FT4 digital mode is an extremely efficient mode of communications using very low power from Acquisition of Signal (AOS) to Loss of Signal (LOS).

It starts at 3:50 Intro ends at 10:44

Excellent presentation

Thank you for your insight Gene. Much appreciated!