A system is described where an unattended receiver and transmitter equipped data collection platform is interrogated by a substantially polar orbiting satellite. The method and apparatus involve physically representing the orbit of the satellite and the spin of the planetary body with timers, and using these representations to turn on the platform's receiver only when the satellite should be in radio range of the platform, whereby battery power at the platform is conserved.


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    Title :

    Remote Platform Power Conserving System


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    Publication date :

    1974


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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