Notes on 80-lb "Early Bird" communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Co for Communications Satellite Corp; it will provide 240 two-way telephone channels between Europe and North America, two-way TV broadcasts, and will also carry teletype and photo-facsimile equipment; after being launched by Thrust-Augmented Delta rocket, and directed into near synchronous orbit by solid propellant motor at fourth apogee, hydrogen peroxide control jets will bring satellite to desired 27.5°W longitude position over Atlantic at height of 22,300 mi, and reorient its attitude; photograph is included.


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    Titel :

    "Early bird" communications satellite


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Engineer


    Erschienen in:

    Engineer ; 219 , n 5695


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1965


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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