NASA NTRS · 19650005895
Telstar active communication satellite - medium and high orbit systems
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Mitchell, D.. 1964-08-01. Active communication satellite systems. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19650005895
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Communication satellites - echo i, echo ii, score, courier, telstar, relay and syncom
This papers that follow describe in depth the satellite and ground systems designed for the Telstar experiment and give the results to date. The purpose of this introduction is to set the scene in which the project was undertaken and to state some general conclusions.
The radiation experiments on the Telstar spacecraft were designed to measure the electron and proton particle distributions in the region of space explored by the satellite orbit and to give information on the integral semiconductor radiation damage produced by these particles. A solar aspect experiment is included with the radiation experiments because of its direct importance to solar cell damage results. The design and the hardware for these experiments are described in the present paper. Results of the experiments are included in a companion paper in this issue.