ATS-5 MULTIPATH/RANGING/DIGITAL DATA L-BAND EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM. PHASE II. TERMINAL DESIGN AND FLIGHT TEST PLAN FOR PHASE I PROGRAM. VOLUME 1. TERMINAL DESIGN

Airborne and ground station terminal designs for implementation of the phase I test plan are defined. Hardware configurations for the KC-135, DC-6B, and the NAFEC and Mojave ground terminals are described. Preliminary subsystem performance specifications, intended to form the basis for either in-house development or outside procurement, are given. Due to failure of the ATS-5 satellite to achieve proper stabilization in orbit, extensive program revisions occurred prior to the phase IV flight test program. Only a few of the hardware items described herein were actually procured or fabricated, and the overall terminals were not implemented. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also AD-783 582 and AD-783 584.
• Corporate Authors:

  Boeing Company

  Commercial Airplane Division, P.O. Box 3707
  Seattle, WA  United States  98124

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Systems R&D Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 112 p.

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00071871
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: D6-60178-1 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA69WA-2109
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 19 1974 12:00AM