ATS-6 - Satellite-to-satellite tracking and data relay experiments
Abstract
The paper describes the utilization of ATS-6 to relay tracking and telemetry data from Geos-5 and then from Nimbus-6. The experiment configuration consists of a ground station which receives data from ATS-6 through C-band links; ATS-6, in turn, transmits command data and receives telemetry data from the low-orbit satellites through S-band links. The ground and satellite equipment are described along with results of ground tests.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems
- Pub Date:
- November 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAES.1975.308156
- Bibcode:
- 1975ITAES..11.1048S
- Keywords:
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- Ats 6;
- Data Links;
- Radio Telemetry;
- Relay Satellites;
- Satellite Orbits;
- Satellite Tracking;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Data Transmission;
- Geos Satellites (Esa);
- Ground Support Equipment;
- Nimbus 6 Satellite;
- Orbit Calculation;
- Communications and Radar