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NASA NTRS1974

Overshooting thunderheads observed from ATS and Learjet

Overshooting tops of thunderstorms were photographed simultaneously from both ATS and a Learjet during the cloud-truth experiment over the Midwest in the Spring of 1972 and 1973. The characteristics of overshooting tops were studied in various time and space scales, revealing that the horizontal dimensions of overshooting tops vary between 1000 ft and about 10 miles. The period of overshooting turrets with horizontal dimensions of less than 1 mile is found to be comparable to the Brunt-Vaisalla frequency of gravity waves at the lowermost stratosphere. The up-and-down motion of an overshooting dome, consisting of a number of turrets, is much slower than that of individual turrets. It is assumed that the height of a dome is closely related to the intensity of the up and downdrafts beneath the dome. Emphasis is placed upon the importance of the investigation of overshooting domes toward the identification of severe storm characteristics from satellites.

Fujita, T. T.↗
NASA NTRS1972

Adhesives and the ATS satellite

Adhesives in the ATS satellite allow the designers to save weight, simplify design and fabrication and provide thermal and electrical conductivity or resistivity as required. The selections of adhesives are restricted to those few which can pass rigorous outgassing tests in order to avoid contaminating lenses and thermal control surfaces in space. An epoxy adhesive is used to construct the honeycomb panels which constitute most of the satellite's structure. General purpose epoxy adhesives hold doublers and standoffs in place and bond the truss to its fittings. Specialized adhesives include a high temperature resistant polyamide, a flexible polyurethane and filled epoxies which conduct heat or electricity.

Hancock, F. E.↗
NASA NTRS1974

ATS-F/GEOS-C satellite to satellite tracking data processing consideration

The satellite to satellite tracking data unique processing considerations are presented. The strategy to be employed in the application of data processing routines to the ATS-F/GEOS-C satellite to satellite tracking experiment is described. When these considerations are included, studies, analysis and simulations predict an orbital position uncertainty of less than 15 meters and a velocity uncertainty of less than 1.5 millimeters per second.

Bryan, J. W.↗
NASA NTRS1974

Applications Technology Satellite ATS-6 in orbit checkout report

The activities of the ATS-6 spacecraft for the checkout period of approximately four weeks beginning May 30, 1974 are described, along with the results of a performance evaluation of its subsystems and components. The following specific items are discussed: (1) subsystem requirements/specifications and in-orbit performance summary; (2) flight chronology; (3) spacecraft description; (4) structural/deployment subsystems; (5) electrical power subsystem; (6) thermal control subsystem; (7) telemetry and command subsystems; (8) attitude control subsystem; (9) spacecraft propulsion subsystem; (10) communication subsystem; and (12) experiment subsystem.

Moore, W.↗
NASA NTRS1973

Effects of cesium ions and cesium vapor on selected ATS-F samples

Thermal control coating samples were subjected to cesium ion beam and vapor exposures. Degradation of solar absorptance and infrared emittance were measured. Solar cells and samples selected from surfaces on the ATS-F spacecraft likely to experience ion or vapor impingement were bombarded by 10-volt cesium ions. Other samples were subjected to high levels of cesium vapor. Aluminum and white paint were backsputtered by 550-volt cesium ions onto selected samples. For direct bombardment, the threshold for ion-induced property changes was above five-thousand trillion ions/sq cm. With material sputtered from a 450-sq cm target onto samples 36 cm distant, the threshold for noticeable effects was above 5 times 10 to the 17-th power ions/sq cm.

Kemp, R. F.↗
NASA NTRS1973

A north-south stationkeeping ion thruster system for ATS-F

A one millipound cesium ion thruster system experiment designed for the ATS-F satellite will be used to demonstrate north-south stationkeeping for synchronous satellites. Development effort leading to the present design will be described and test data for qualification and flight acceptance tests will be presented. These include a review of EMI evaluations tests made with the power conditioning subsystem and the thruster simulator, and an extended system operational test. During the extended test, 90 on-off cycles simulated thruster operation in orbit. A planned 18,000 hour ground test of a flight qualified thruster will be discussed.

James, E.↗
NASA NTRS1973

ATS-5 observations of energetic proton injection

Energetic particle observations from ATS-5 are presented that directly show asymmetric injection of 30- to 300-keV proton fluxes into the nightside magnetosphere to form the asymmetric ring current. The temporal structure of these substorm-correlated proton bursts is consistent with a westward gradient drift from the nightside acceleration region. The drifting protons tend to be accompanied by nondiamagnetic decreases of the magnetic field at the satellite. Adiabatic decreases of the energetic electron fluxes often occur with these changes in the field strength. Nearly 200 proton-only events have been observed, occurring uniformly between 1500 and 2200 LT and not at all before 1200 LT or after 2300 LT.

Bogott, F. H.↗
NASA NTRS1973

Electrostatic potentials developed by ATS-5

Investigation of the properties of low-energy particles measured on board ATS-5 show that the synchronous spacecraft can charge to -12,000 V in eclipse, and several hundred volts in sunlight. Differential charging can produce local fields of several thousands of volts per meter in the near vicinity of the spacecraft surface. Time constants for charging can be less than a second to tens of minutes.

Deforest, S. E.↗
NASA NTRS1974

A 15.3 GHz satellite-to-ground path-diversity experiment utilizing the ATS-5 satellite

During several months in 1970 and 1971, the characteristics of a diversity satellite-to-ground communication link were measured using the ATS-5 15.3 GHz downlink. These data were gathered at two ground receiving terminals spaced 4 km apart during 1970 and 8 km apart during 1971 in the vicinity of Columbus, Ohio. These data have subsequently been analyzed to determine the improvement in link performance resulting from the use of space diversity. The results of this analysis have shown that substantial improvements in link performance may be gained through the use of space diversity on satellite-to-ground paths. For example, the durations of fades having depths exceeding 10 dB were reduced by more than two order of magnitude for both the 4 and 8 km site separation distances.

Hodge, D. B.↗
NASA NTRS1973

The ATS-F radio frequency interference measurement experiment

The technical objectives of the uplink interference tests and measurements to be performed during this experiment are set forth as the determination of the integrated interference power from all 6-GHz terrestrial sources sharing the common carrier band with the RF field of view of the ATS-F satellite; the establishment of practical limits of receiver antenna gain-to-noise temperature ratios for satellites sharing the common 6-GHz carrier band; and the determination of the geographical and frequency distribution of 6-GHz terrestrial sources sharing the common carrier band. A brief description of the RF interference measurement system with some details on its hardware and subsystems is included. The performance characteristics of the mission and a measurement program are discussed.

Henry, V. F.↗
NASA NTRS1974

The ATS-F interferometer - A precision wide field-of-view attitude sensor

An RF phase interferometer has been integrated into the ATS-F spacecraft attitude control system. Laboratory measurements indicate that the interferometer is capable of determining spacecraft attitude in pitch and roll to an accuracy of 0.18 deg over a field-of-view of plus or minus 12.5 deg about the spacecraft normal axis with an angular resolution of 0.004 deg. The system is completely solid state, weighs 17 pounds, and consumes 12.5 W of DC power.

Teichman, M. A.↗
NASA NTRS1974

Drifting energetic particle bunches observed on ATS 5

Energetic protons and electrons introduced into the vicinity of the synchronous orbit by geomagnetic substorms and observed on ATS 5 at various local times have been analyzed for velocity dispersion effects associated with their longitudinal drift. Particles with energies between about 30 and 200 keV are shown to be produced simultaneously within tens of minutes at local times between about 0000 and 0400 near 6.6 earth radii during substorm activity. Those with energies not less than approximately 75 keV move in longitude in the direction and with the magnitude expected from gradient B drifts. Lower-energy protons and electrons appear at the satellite sooner than expected from their gradient B drifts, as though the observed particles of such energies were not those originally accelerated but were newly produced from or by the higher-energy drifting component.

Bogott, F. H.↗
NASA NTRS1974

ATS-F spacecraft - An EMC challenge

The Applications Technology Satellite F (ATS-F) is the latest of a series of satellites for communications, scientific experiments, and data collection. The physical configuration of the spacecraft is examined along with operational characteristics and EMC management and control. Predicted and encountered problems are discussed, giving attention to wiring pick-up and reradiation, input rectification and bias off-set, intermodulation products, harmonics, component degradation, electroexplosive devices, spacecraft test complex vulnerability, and launch environment testing. Approaches used for locating the problems are considered and a description is given of the key factors and constraints in achieving EMC.

Kampinsky, A.↗
NASA NTRS1974

The ATS-F/Nimbus-F tracking and orbit determination experiment

The experiment described was conducted to demonstrate a procedure for tracking a near-earth satellite via a geostationary satellite without the aid of multiple ground station tracking. Another objective of the experiment was connected with the utilization of the broad tracking coverage provided by the geostationary satellite to obtain an improved geopotential solution. Questions of overall experiment implementation are discussed along with details regarding ground equipment, the ATS-F transponder, and the Nimbus-F transponder. Aspects of measurement evaluation are also examined, taking into account basic measurements, measurement interpretation, and approaches for orbit computation.

Schmid, P. E.↗
NASA NTRS1974

A proposal to study polarizations for hydromagnetic waves observed at ATS-1

Data collected from a magnetometer onboard ATS-1 indicate that at least three types of oscillations occur: oscillations with the magnetic component (1) prependicular to the background field, (2) parallel to the background field, and (3) in the meridional plane. Two modes of polarization were found to exist, parallel and perpendicular modes.

Gajendar, N.↗
NASA NTRS1974

Applications Technology Satellite ATS-6 experiment checkout and continuing spacecraft evaluation report

The activities of the ATS-6 spacecraft are reviewed. The following subsystems and experiments are summarized: (1) radio beacon experiments; (2) spacecraft attitude precision pointing and slewing adaptive control experiment; (3) satellite instruction television experiment; (4) thermal control subsystem; (5) spacecraft propulsion subsystem; (6) telemetry and control subsystem; (7) millimeter wave experiment; and (8) communications subsystem. The results of performance evaluation of its subsystems and experiments are presented.

Moore, W.↗