Look Angles

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Look Angles

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The elevation and azimuth at which a particular satellite is predicted to be found at a specified time. </dd>
Look angles are used in satellite tracking and data acquisition to minimize the amount of searching needed to acquire the satellite in the telescope field of view or the antenna beam. [[/a>|/a> ]]

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use