Engineering requirements and design characteristics of the coherent throughput relay system which supports the East Coast prelaunch checkout of NASA's Space Shuttle and its payloads are presented. Link requirements and design constraints are reviewed, and gain/loss analysis is given. Group delay distortion is considered and isolation and antenna siting are discussed. The systems controlling various aspects of the relays are examined.


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    Title :

    Data relay system for Space Shuttle and payload pre-launch checkout


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    ITC/USA/''87 ; 1987 ; San Diego, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    1987-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English