On-orbit performance of the 12 GHz, 200 watt transmitter experiment package for CTS
Abstract
Performance characteristics from on-orbit tests of the transmitter experiment package (TEP) for the Communications Technology Satellite (CTS) are presented. The TEP consists of a power processing system (PPS), an output stage tube (OST) and a variable conductance heat pipe system (VCHPS), all of which are described. Test results presented include efficiencies, RF output power, frequency response, and performance with single and multiple (two) carriers, frequency-modulated by video signals.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977STIN...7726183A
- Keywords:
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- Artificial Satellites;
- Communications Technology Satellite;
- Instrument Transmitters;
- Satellite Transmission;
- System Effectiveness;
- International Cooperation;
- Microwave Amplifiers;
- Telecommunication;
- Transponders;
- Traveling Wave Tubes;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles