CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ALOUETTE SATELLITE 1962 BETA ALPHA ONE,

Abstract

The five basic electronic subsystems of the Alouette satellite Beta Alpha One (S-27 Swept Frequency Topside Sounder) and their pre-launch performance characteristics while operating separately or in various combinations are described. Included are calibration curves, photographs and plots of the various functions. These are dealt with under the following general headings: Power consumption of individual subsystems, Power output and efficiency of all transmitters, The sounding receiver's automatic gain control and video output characteristics, Commutator output characteristics and readout accuracy. In addition, thermal-vacuum test results are summarized and examples of bottomside soundings obtained with the spacecraft are shown. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0422451

Entities

People

  • G. H. Booth

Organizations

  • Communications Research Centre Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Automatic
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Calibration
  • Commutators
  • Efficiency
  • Energy Consumption
  • Frequency
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Components
  • Transmitters
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space