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Results of the Telstar satellite space experimentsThis paper describes how the Telstar satellite has performed in space. Included is information on changes in the temperature, spin rate, spin-axis precession, orbital parameters and power levels of the satellite signals, and comments on the behavior of the electrical circuits in the space environment.
Document ID
19640000985
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Contribution to a larger work
Authors
P. T. Hutchison
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
R. A. Swift
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Date Acquired
August 2, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1963
Publication Information
Publication: The Bell System Technical Journal
Publisher: Nokia Bell Labs
Volume: 42
Issue: 4
Issue Publication Date: July 1, 1963
ISSN: 0005-8580
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6779741
Subject Category
Space Radiation
Accession Number
64N10894
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
SATELLITE TRANSMISSION
TELSTAR SATELLITE
SPACE ENVIRONMENT
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