Start Date
4-1968 8:00 AM
Description
Space-satellite communications of the 60s will not suffice for the 70s. A refinement must occur. International emphasis for operational satellite systems demands more sophisticated systems and equipments to handle the large number of new applications arising. Payloads must include gear for weather observations, communications, navigation, reconnaissance, early warning, public health safe-guarding, and nuclear test monitoring. What direction should the communications industry take to accomplish these things ? What technological support is needed?
Now is the time to take an overall view of the entire space-satellite field. Engineering during the 60s devoted attention to brute force communication technology necessary to prove feasibility and reliability. This paper examines the initial evaluation criteria and experimental results for the three categories of systems comprising this field: Satellite Communications, Spacevehicle Contained Communications, and Ground-based Tracking and Telemetry Communications. The feasibility requirements established early in the 60s form the framework from which today's technique and equipment trends have developed. See Figure 1. Studying these trends provides the clue to the special problems encountered in each of the above categories.
Space - Satellite Communication in the 70's
Space-satellite communications of the 60s will not suffice for the 70s. A refinement must occur. International emphasis for operational satellite systems demands more sophisticated systems and equipments to handle the large number of new applications arising. Payloads must include gear for weather observations, communications, navigation, reconnaissance, early warning, public health safe-guarding, and nuclear test monitoring. What direction should the communications industry take to accomplish these things ? What technological support is needed?
Now is the time to take an overall view of the entire space-satellite field. Engineering during the 60s devoted attention to brute force communication technology necessary to prove feasibility and reliability. This paper examines the initial evaluation criteria and experimental results for the three categories of systems comprising this field: Satellite Communications, Spacevehicle Contained Communications, and Ground-based Tracking and Telemetry Communications. The feasibility requirements established early in the 60s form the framework from which today's technique and equipment trends have developed. See Figure 1. Studying these trends provides the clue to the special problems encountered in each of the above categories.
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