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Computing and data transmission for the prediction steering of the Goonhilly satellite-communication aerial

The Goonhilly satellite-communication aerial uses an 85-ft. diameter paraboloidal reflector with waveguide feed at the focus. The aerial is movable in azimuth and elevation, and is provided with independent feedback control systems for these two motions. During a satellite pass, the aerial must be steered so that its axis points continuously, and with high accuracy, in the direction of the satellite. Of the various possible methods of achieving this result, that based on prediction of satellite position has been adopted for the first transatlantic communication experiments using the Telstar and Relay satellites. The process by which orbital predictions originating in the USA are converted to substantially continuous real-time azimuth and elevation pointing instructions at Goonhilly is described herein.

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Pulse-height analyzer with digital readout

Feedback-controlled pulse-amplitude integrator and amplifier is used as an analog-to-digital converter that converts event-liberated charges, emanating from a nuclear-particle detector, directly to numbers rather than to analog-dependent voltages.

Goldsworthy, W. W.↗