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Antenna pointing system: Organization and performanceThis paper is a description of the antenna pointing system used in the satellite ground station at Andover, Maine. It is an introduction to the following five papers in this issue, which describe and discuss in some detail the various major parts and features of the antenna pointing system. In order that the antenna have sufficient gain for the Telstar experiment, it was necessary that it have a “pencil” beam of about 15 degree in diameter. This requires an antenna pointing system of high accuracy. The equipment and methods required to achieve this accuracy are outlined.
Document ID
19640000976
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Contribution to a larger work
Authors
J. A. Githens (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
H. P. Kelly (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
J. C. Lozier (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
A. A. Lundstrom (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Date Acquired
August 2, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1963
Publication Information
Publication: Telstar I
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Volume: NASA-SP-32/Vol.2
Issue Publication Date: June 1, 1963
URL: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19640000973
Subject Category
Computers
Accession Number
64N10885
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
GROUND STATION

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