The LEASAT communications satellite
Abstract
Beginning in 1982 communication services will be provided to the U.S. Navy by a series of UHF communications satellites known as LEASAT. The communications payload will be carried on a new spacecraft bus developed as an optimum bus for Space Shuttle launches; the program is the first of its kind to take advantage of the full 15 foot Shuttle payload bay diameter. Several new spacecraft design concepts are employed in this optimized bus.
- Publication:
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ITC/USA/'79; Proceedings of the International Telemetering Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979itc..proc..225D
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- Spacecraft Communication;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Ultrahigh Frequencies;
- Microwaves;
- Spacecraft Configurations;
- Telecommunication;
- Transponders;
- Communications and Radar