TDRSS telecommunications payload - An overview
Abstract
The telecommunications payload is described for the tracking and data relay satellite system (TDRSS). The salient design features of the electronic equipment, as well as the performance requirements that such equipment must satisfy to fulfill NASA and Western Union communication functions are presented. Operational characteristics associated with the single and multiple access channels used to relay information to and from users are also highlighted.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems
- Pub Date:
- May 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAES.1979.308836
- Bibcode:
- 1979ITAES..15..414P
- Keywords:
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- Communication Equipment;
- Payloads;
- Spacecraft Communication;
- Spacecraft Electronic Equipment;
- Systems Engineering;
- Tdr Satellites;
- Westar Satellites;
- Block Diagrams;
- Data Links;
- Extremely High Frequencies;
- Performance Tests;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Satellite Ground Tracks;
- Tables (Data);
- Traveling Wave Amplifiers;
- Ultrahigh Frequencies;
- User Requirements;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking