The OTS: Sixth year in orbit
Abstract
The Orbital Test Program and operational uses of OTS, particularly for European television transmission, before its use by EUTELSAT ended in December 1983 are described. The performance of spacecraft subsystems is reviewed. End of service tests were conducted, and the satellite proceeded, fully functional in virtually all aspects, into its seventh year in orbit; it continues to provide long-life data, while having, in 1983, overlapped the entry into service of the European communications satellite ECS-F1.
- Publication:
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Progress Report European Space Agency
- Pub Date:
- February 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985esa..rept......
- Keywords:
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- Ots (Esa);
- Spacecraft Performance;
- Technology Assessment;
- Repeaters;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Satellite Attitude Control;
- Spacecraft Power Supplies;
- Temperature Control;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking