References are made to environmentally induced electrical anomalies which are known to occur on geosynchronous spacecraft, and in particular to those which have occurred on the SKYNET 2B communications spacecraft. Details are given of the investigation made into anomalous telemetry data received from SKYNET 2B during its first 23 months of operation. The frequency and timing of these anomalous events appear to differ from those described in earlier reports of such phenomena. Attempts are made to correlate the anomalous telemetry data with data describing the spacecraft environment. Some details are given of the spacecraft configuration and comments made on its susceptibility to anomalies of this type.


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    Title :

    Space environmental effects on the SKYNET 2B spacecraft


    Contributors:
    Robbins, A. (author) / Short, C. D. (author)


    Publication date :

    1977-02-24


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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