Citation
Abstract
This is the first of a series of articles on the X-band uplink system development. The ground and spacecraft hardware research, design and implementation will lead to an end-to-end in-flight technology demonstration on the International Solar Polar Mission spacecraft. This article gives an introduction to the overall effort and establishes the flight experiment objectives. The expected improvements in the telecommunications performance are summarized. Also presented is a conceptual mission operations plan. Subsequent articles will address the system design and performance, report on the implementation progress, and finally evaluate the flight experiment results.
Details
- Volume
- 42-62
- Published
- April 15, 1981
- Pages
- 30–42
- File Size
- 977.6 KB