Project Telstar: Communications Experiment
Equipment and operational procedure of The Bell System's Telstar satellite are described with reference to its communications function. The satellite's electrical circuits are divided into three parts for purposes of explanation: communications repeater, command and telemetry system, and power plant. Three subsystems comprising the ground station are described: communications, antenna direction, and command and telemetry. Orbital data and the results of linear transmission tests are given.
- Print ISSN
- 0361-4573
- Published
- 1963-02
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J13691
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